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US court tosses judge’s contempt order over Trump’s El Salvador deportations

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Venezuelan migrants repatriated from a prison in El Salvador attend a church service in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on 23 July 2025. Photograph: Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images

An appeals court on Friday tossed out a judge’s finding of contempt against the Trump administration in a case over the notorious deportations of Venezuelans from the US to an El Salvador prison without due process.

The decision from a divided three-judge panel based in the nation’s capital vacates a finding from US district judge James Boasberg.

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