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Trump Addresses Court Order Blocking Migrant Deportations, Expresses Confidence in Supreme Court
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump appeared on Fox News and addressed a federal judge’s order that temporarily halted his administration’s efforts to deport migrants. Speaking on “The Ingraham Angle” with host Laura Ingraham, Trump emphasized that his administration has not defied the court’s directive and expressed optimism that the U.S. Supreme Court would ultimately side with him if the matter reaches the nation’s highest judicial body.
The controversy began on Saturday when U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg issued a temporary block on deportations. That same day, Trump had invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA), resulting in the deportation of over 200 migrants to El Salvador. Since then, questions have emerged about the timing of the judge’s order and whether it applied to a deportation flight reportedly over international waters at the time. These uncertainties have sparked a legal clash between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Judge Boasberg.
During the Fox News segment, Ingraham pressed Trump on whether he would consider defying Boasberg’s ruling. “I never did defy a court order,” Trump responded firmly. When Ingraham followed up, asking if he might defy a future order, Trump dismissed the idea, stating, “No, you can’t do that. However, we have bad judges.” He went on to criticize the judiciary, adding, “We have very bad judges, and these are judges that shouldn’t be allowed. I think at a certain point you have to start looking at what do you do when you have a rogue judge. The judge that we’re talking about, he’s, you look at his other rulings, I mean rulings unrelated, but having to do with me, he’s a lunatic.”
Trump also suggested that Boasberg’s inquiries into the specifics of the deportation flights—such as their departure times—might be an attempt to accuse his administration of noncompliance. “He wants details of when flights departed and trying to, I guess they seem to be trying to lay the predicate for your administration having defied a court order,” Trump said. He noted that the DOJ has resisted providing detailed flight information and has filed a motion to prevent further disclosures, signaling ongoing tension with the court.
The legal back-and-forth intensified over the weekend. On Saturday evening, Boasberg held an emergency hearing and expanded his initial order, clarifying that “all noncitizens in U.S. custody” were protected from deportation. However, according to CBS News, the judge did not mandate that flights already airborne be recalled to the United States.
By Sunday morning, El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele confirmed that his country had received 238 TdA members, who were “immediately transferred to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, for a period of one year (renewable).” Bukele also revealed that the U.S. had deported an additional 23 MS-13 gang members, including two key leaders wanted by Salvadoran authorities.
The situation escalated further on Monday when Boasberg questioned whether the Trump administration had disregarded his weekend orders. During a discussion with Deputy Associate Attorney General Abhishek Kambli, reported by The Associated Press, the judge sought clarification on the administration’s actions. Meanwhile, the DOJ has pushed back against Boasberg’s demands for more information, asserting in a Tuesday court filing that “there is no justification to order the provision of additional information.”
The department argued that complying with the judge’s requests could compromise national security and foreign relations by revealing sensitive details. In response, Boasberg ordered the DOJ to submit a sealed filing addressing his questions by noon on Wednesday.
Ingraham later asked Trump about the possibility of Supreme Court intervention and whether he believes the court would rule in his favor. “I do, because the job of getting people out of our country that are murderers, that are absolutely the worst people, the drug lords are causing such problems in this country,” Trump replied. He emphasized the urgency of removing dangerous individuals, stating, “Drug lords came in, the biggest of them. They left other countries to come in here. They came through an open border. They’re making millions of dollars destroying people’s lives, killing people, and that’s a presidential thing.”
Trump continued, “We’re supposed to be getting them out or getting them brought to justice.” He described Boasberg as a “rogue judge,” adding, “You can call him whatever you want, I know nothing about him. I heard about this very late in the process, and I said, ‘That’s a strange order.’ You have local judges, local federal judges, local judges, period, and DAs and prosecutors, DAs, state attorney generals, attorney generals, that want to really take over. I think some of it’s for the publicity. They love the publicity. All of a sudden they’re on the front page of every newspaper, but they have no right to be.”
As the legal battle unfolds, the Trump administration remains steadfast in its position, balancing compliance with the court’s current orders while preparing for a potential showdown at the Supreme Court. The outcome could set a significant precedent for the executive branch’s authority over immigration enforcement in the face of judicial oversight.
The Federalist Wire will update you on any major developments in this legal case.
