{"id":54597,"date":"2025-03-17T13:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T17:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=54597"},"modified":"2025-03-17T13:20:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T17:20:33","slug":"united-states-judge-who-blocked-deportations-faces-an-impeachment-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/03\/17\/united-states-judge-who-blocked-deportations-faces-an-impeachment-push\/","title":{"rendered":"United States judge who blocked deportations faces an impeachment push"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration said it deported hundreds of criminals from the United States for their alleged involvement with the Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua, officials announced Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"504e48\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #504e48;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"333\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-81-12-png.webp?resize=517%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54598 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-81-12-png.webp?w=517&amp;ssl=1 517w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-81-12-png.webp?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Department of Homeland Security released images in February of the first flight of alleged criminal immigrants, who were all part of Tren de Aragua, a violent criminal organization from Venezuela, preparing to depart for Guantanamo Bay. File photo via Department of Homeland Security\/UPI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deportations came despite a judge&#8217;s order Saturday night blocking President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Donald_Trump\/\">Donald Trump&nbsp;<\/a>&#8216;s move to use the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/14\/politics\/alien-enemies-act-1798-trump-cec\/index.html\">Alien Enemies Act&nbsp;<\/a>, which has only been used three times prior, to transport the immigrants out of the United States. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg&#8217;s ruling ordered the planes, which the administration said were already in the air, to return to the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judge said the temporary restraining order would remain in effect for 14 days &#8220;or until further order of the court,&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/03\/16\/politics\/trump-administration-deportations-alien-enemies-act\/index.html\">CNN&nbsp;<\/a>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, quickly announced that he would draft articles of impeachment against Boasberg after the judge issued the restraining order, which drew the support of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/SpaceX\/\">SpaceX&nbsp;<\/a>and Tesla CEO&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Elon_Musk\/\">Elon Musk&nbsp;<\/a>, whom Trump named to unofficially oversee the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, a quasi governmental agency which has not received Congressional approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Necessary,&#8221; Musk&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1901195900568928406\">wrote on X&nbsp;<\/a>after Gill announced his plans for impeachment of Boasberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States Department of Homeland Security released images in of the first flight of criminal aliens, who were all part of Tren de Aragua, a violent criminal organization from Venezuela, preparing to take off for Guantanamo Bay. Ile photo via Department of Homeland Security\/UPI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The migrants were sent to El Salvador, where the United States is paying $6 million dollars to keep them imprisoned, according to El Savador&#8217;s President Nayib Bukele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country. They were immediately transferred to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, for a period of one year (renewable),&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nayibbukele\/status\/1901245427216978290\">Bukele posted on X&nbsp;<\/a>. &#8220;The United States will pay a very low fee for them, but a high one for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Marco_Rubio\/\">Marco Rubio&nbsp;<\/a>said on X that the United States also &#8220;sent 2 dangerous top MS-13 leaders plus 21 of its most wanted back to face justice in El Salvador. Also, as promised by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POTUS\">@POTUS&nbsp;<\/a>, we sent over 250 alien enemy members of Tren de Aragua which El Salvador has agreed to hold in their very good jails at a fair price that will also save our taxpayer dollars.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1789 Alien Enemies Act was designed to bypass the traditional&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Immigration_Reform\/\">immigration&nbsp;<\/a>rules and allow for the rapid deportation of people deemed criminals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration said it deported hundreds of criminals from the United States for their alleged involvement with the Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua, officials announced Sunday. 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