They did it again, John: the Trump administration just violated a judge’s order by deporting immigrants to a foreign country without due process.
Last month, federal judge Brian Murphy barred White House officials from deporting people to countries they are not from without giving them enough time to object and present their case to a court first.
But this week, Trump’s Department of Homeland Security put a group of eight immigrants from various countries on a plane reportedly headed to South Sudan. DHS officials now say they don’t know where the plane is going, so the judge ordered them to keep these men in U.S. custody once they land.
Judge Murphy said it plainly yesterday, “The department’s actions in this case are unquestionably violative of this court’s order.”
While it’s unclear if or how the administration will face consequences for defying this order, it’s yet another example in a pattern of cases where Donald Trump and his officials have acted like they are above the law or court orders.
It is a dangerous sign for our democracy that this executive branch continues to side-step the judiciary, threatening the separation of powers to carry out its mass deportation agenda.
— Demand Justice PAC
