Chad Wolf on Deportation Ruling: Judge's Decision Was 'Nonsense'

Deportation Ruling and Legal Challenges

• 🎯 Judge Boasberg's ruling is described as "nonsense" for believing probable cause exists to hold officials in criminal contempt for violating orders to stop deportation flights.
• 🚀 The White House plans to seek immediate appellate relief, with the case likely heading to the Supreme Court.
• ⚖️ There's a question of jurisdiction, as the Supreme Court previously indicated such filings belong in the Fifth Circuit in Texas, not with this specific judge.

Legal Basis for Deportation

• 💡 Kilmar Abrego Garcia is identified as a citizen of El Salvador with no legal right to be in the United States and a final order of removal.
• ⚠️ He is also noted as a member of a foreign terrorist organization designated by President Trump, making him eligible for removal.
• ❓ Concerns are raised about the lack of clear public evidence of his terrorist organization membership, though immigration and appellate judges have cited ties to MS-13.

Withholding of Removal and Gang Ties

• 📌 A withholding of removal from 2019 is mentioned, but the basis for it may no longer exist if the gang he feared no longer operates in El Salvador.
• 🤝 Despite the complexities, the speaker emphasizes the importance of removing MS-13 members and foreign terrorist organization members.

Sending US Criminals Abroad

• 🇺🇸 The discussion touches on President Trump's interest in sending homegrown criminals (US citizens) to prisons in other countries, like El Salvador.
• 🧐 The Department of Justice and White House counsel's office are examining the legal viability of such a measure.
• 🤔 While not an attorney, the speaker notes that if legally permissible, it doesn't cause personal pause, but the legality is being thoroughly reviewed.

Judicial Disobedience and Contempt

• ⚡ Judge Boasberg's 46-page opinion suggests the Justice Department willfully and intentionally violated his orders, using terms like "stonewalling" and "cherry-picking facts."
• 🏛️ The judge highlighted the government's conduct as betraying a desire to "outrun the equitable reach of the judiciary" by sending migrants to planes before a presidential proclamation was public and in the face of a lawsuit.
• 📜 The Constitution, the judge stated, does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders, especially from officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn to uphold it.