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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lindsay Whitehurst,Michael Kunzelman and Alanna Durkin Richer

Judge says US government may have 'acted in bad faith' as he weighs contempt over deportation order

Deportation Battle - (The Washington Post)

A federal judge said Thursday that the Trump administration may have "acted in bad faith” by trying to rush Venezuelan migrants out of the country before a court could block their deportations to El Salvador.

U.S. District Judge Jeb Boasberg in Washington pressed a Justice Department lawyer to explain the government's actions in a high-stakes court hearing to determine whether the administration ignored his orders to turn around planes that were carrying deportees to El Salvador.

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