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Dani Anguiano

Trump officials move to punish lawyer who tried to block client’s deportation

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Donald Trump with Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, at the White House in June. Photograph: Ken Cedeno/Reuters

The US Department of Justice is seeking sanctions against a lawyer who sought to block the deportation of his client, in another sign the Trump administration is ramping up its efforts to enact mass deportations.

Earlier this year, Joshua Schroeder, a California-based attorney, was able to briefly delay the deportation of his client, a Hmong man from Laos, through several court filings.

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