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New York Times
3 days ago
- General
- New York Times
Trump Officials Deported Another Man Despite Court Order
The Trump administration deported a 31-year-old Salvadoran man minutes after a federal appeals court barred his removal while his case proceeded, the government admitted in a court filing this week. In its filing, the government denied that it had violated the order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York, instead blaming 'a confluence of administrative errors.' The filing argues that because the process of deporting the man, Jordin Melgar-Salmeron, had already started before the court issued its formal order, at 9:52 a.m. May 7, that meant the order had not been violated. The plane carrying Mr. Melgar-Salmeron to El Salvador did not take off from Alexandria, La., until 10:20 a.m. Eastern time, according to the government's timeline. The government had also previously given the court what the judges called 'express assurance' that it would not schedule a deportation for him until the next day. The deportation deepened the questions surrounding the Trump administration's legal tactics and administrative errors as it has sought to carry out the president's aggressive vision of deporting as many as one million immigrants during his first year in office. In at least three other deportation cases, federal judges have determined that Trump officials expelled people from the country in violation of standing court orders. In an interview, one of Mr. Melgar-Salmeron's lawyers disputed the government's characterization of the deportation as a mistake, saying it appeared to be part of a larger pattern of the administration ignoring court orders. 'It would be an absurd level of mistake,' said Matthew Borowski, the lawyer, comparing it to a chef pouring in pepper instead of salt. 'Verifying the paperwork and putting the right people on the plane is their job.' The questions raised by the court over the deportation were reported earlier by Investigative Post, a nonprofit news outlet in Western New York. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Fox News
6 days ago
- Business
- Fox News
It Is A Guessing Game
As President Trump continues to battle with federal court judges, the Supreme Court will intervene on a few of his legal challenges. Host of Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy and The Trey Gowdy Podcast, Trey Gowdy addresses the uncertainty of whether the Supreme Court will clear the President's path or stop his agenda in its tracks. Trey also explains why Congress is to blame for some of these disputes. Last week, the President's 'big, beautiful bill' passed through the House; as it heads to the Senate, Trey explains the challenges ahead as the fiscal fight continues. I Wish Someone Had Told Me: Trey discusses his concern about the safety and independence of federal judges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
Associated Press
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
Trump to speak at Arlington National Cemetery to mark Memorial Day
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to deliver remarks at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to commemorate Memorial Day. Trump will participate in the traditional wreath-laying ceremony and speak at the cemetery's amphitheater, in what has been a somber occasion for U.S. presidents. But he began the day with a decidedly different tone. In an all-caps social media message, Trump ranted at former President Joe Biden, calling him the 'SCUM THAT SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY THROUGH WARPED RADICAL LEFT MINDS' and accusing him of allowing 'AN OPEN BORDER THAT ONLY AN INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT WOULD APPROVE' Trump also went after federal judges who have blocked efforts to enact his mass deportation agenda, calling them 'USA HATING JUDGES WHO SUFFER FROM AN IDEOLOGY THAT IS SICK, AND VERY DANGEROUS FOR OUR COUNTRY.' 'HOPEFULLY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, AND OTHER GOOD AND COMPASSIONATE JUDGES THROUGHOUT THE LAND, WILL SAVE US FROM THE DECISIONS OF THE MONSTERS WHO WANT OUR COUNTRY TO GO TO HELL,' Trump wrote on his social media site. That was after he posted a separate message proclaiming 'HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!' Saying 'Happy Memorial Day' is considered verboten because the day is considered a solemn day to honor soldiers killed in service.
New York Times
15-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Supreme Court Wrestles With Limiting Judges' Power in Birthright Citizenship Case
The Supreme Court wrestled on Thursday with the Trump administration's complaints that federal judges have exceeded their authority in temporarily blocking some of his policy moves for the whole country. Several of the justices appeared torn between two concerns. They appeared skeptical that single district judges should have the power to freeze executive actions throughout the nation. But they also seemed troubled by the legality — and consequences — of the executive order underlying the case: an order issued by President Trump on his first day in office ending birthright citizenship, or the granting of automatic citizenship to all babies born in the United States. Three lower federal judges have said Mr. Trump's order violated the 14th Amendment of the Constitution as well as longstanding precedent and blocked the policy across the country. In an unusual move, the justices had agreed to hear oral argument on whether the judges should have limited their rulings only to the states, advocacy groups and individuals that had sued over the order. The Trump administration had asked the justices to consider the legality of such injunctions, which have been a major impediment to Mr. Trump's agenda. But the justices appeared to struggle with how they might quickly weigh in on the legality of the order, which the administration had not asked them to review. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Bloomberg
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Supreme Court Wary of Letting Trump Citizenship Curbs Start
The US Supreme Court signaled it is wary of letting President Donald Trump start to restrict birthright citizenship as the justices debated how much power federal judges should have to block controversial White House policies nationwide. Hearing oral arguments for the first time on part of Trump's government overhaul, the court's conservatives suggested they want to limit the use of so-called nationwide injunctions. But key justices voiced concern about doing so in a way that would let Trump's planned birthright citizenship restrictions take effect before the high court can rule on their legality.
