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Maya Yang and Reuters

Judge in US deportations case says Trump administration lawyers were ‘disrespectful’

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James Boasberg, the chief judge of the United States district court for Washington DC. Photograph: Carolyn Van Houten/AP

A federal judge who temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s administration from deporting accused Venezuelan gang members under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act law condemned the lawyers for being “intemperate and disrespectful” in court.

The Washington DC-based judge, James Boasberg, continues considering whether to maintain his ban – and whether officials violated it, which would expose them to sanctions.

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