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Trump foe Boasberg to grill DOJ over migrant flights in heated hearing
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U.S. District Judge James Boasberg will hear from immigration lawyers and the Trump administration in court on Thursday as he weighs new facts and allegations at the heart of one of the biggest immigration cases of President Donald Trump’s second term — setting the stage for another heated court fight.
Boasberg did not immediately signal which motions he would consider during the hearing.
However, it comes after Boasberg found himself at the center of Trump’s ire and attacks on so-called «activist» judges this year, following his March 15 temporary restraining order that sought to block Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act — a 1798 wartime immigration law — to quickly deport hundreds of Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador earlier this year.
Boasberg also ordered all planes bound for El Salvador to be «immediately» returned to U.S. soil, which did not happen.
His emergency order touched off a complex legal saga that ultimately spawned dozens of federal court challenges across the country — though the one brought before his court on March 15 was the very first — and later prompted the Supreme Court to rule, on two separate occasions, that the hurried removals had violated migrants’ due process protections under the U.S. Constitution.
Boasberg, as a result, has emerged as the man at the center of the legal fallout.
While the order itself has been in a bit of a holding pattern — the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia stayed the order two months ago, when they agreed to review the ruling — Thursday’s hearing could revive the bitterly divisive court fight once more.
WHO IS JAMES BOASBERG, THE US JUDGE AT THE CENTER OF TRUMP’S DEPORTATION EFFORTS?
Judge James E. Boasberg, chief judge of the Federal District Court in D.C., stands for a portrait at E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2023. (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Boasberg is expected to consider plaintiffs’ motions to reopen limited discovery, citing new evidence — including a recent U.N. report stating that, according to Salvadoran officials, the U.S. holds sole legal responsibility and custody over migrants transferred to CECOT. Other submissions include a whistleblower report from former Justice Department attorney Erez Reuveni, who worked on the case shortly before his removal.
Trump administration officials have repeatedly excoriated Boasberg as an «activist judge» — a term they have employed for judges who have either paused or blocked Trump’s sweeping policy priorities enacted via executive order. Trump himself floated the idea that Boasberg could be impeached earlier this year— prompting Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to issue a rare public warning.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ASKS SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW EL SALVADOR DEPORTATION FLIGHT CASE
President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi arrive to speak at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
Tensions between Boasberg and the Trump administration soared to a fever pitch earlier this year after Boasberg in April said he had found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for failing to return the planes to U.S. soil, in accordance with his emergency order, and said the court had determined that the Trump administration demonstrated a «willful disregard» for his order.
The Trump administration appealed the findings to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
In June, Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to provide all noncitizens deported from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador to be afforded the opportunity to seek habeas relief in court, and challenge their alleged gang status.
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His 69-page order began by invoking Franz Kafka’s «The Trial,» in which the protagonist, Josef K., awakens to find two strange men outside his room, who proceed to arrest him for unspecified crimes.
«Such was the situation into which Frengel Reyes Mota, Andry Jose Hernandez Romero, and scores of other Venezuelan noncitizens say they were plunged on March 15, 2025,» Boasberg said.
Thursday’s hearing comes amid a flurry of new reports and allegations filed by plaintiffs in the case in an effort to reopen discovery.
El artista Naderson Saint-Pierre estaba pintando en su estudio de Manhattan la mañana del martes cuando un amigo le avisó que su héroe, Jean-Michel Basquiat, iba a ser homenajeado por la ciudad de Nueva York con una ceremonia de nombramiento de calle esa misma tarde.
Con su overol manchado de pintura, tomó el metro hacia el centro, donde se unió a las personas reunidas frente al número 57 de Great Jones Street, el edificio bajo donde el Basquiat vivió y trabajó en el momento de su muerte en 1988.
La multitud estaba compuesta por residentes del East Village, periodistas de televisión local y admiradores que llevaban gorras y camisetas con el motivo de la corona de Basquiat. También había miembros de la familia del artista —hermanas, sobrinas, sobrinos, primos— y funcionarios de la ciudad. “Es un día hermoso para verlo ser homenajeado de esta manera”, dijo Saint-Pierre, de 30 años, “y que una calle lleve tu nombre es uno de los grandes honores de Nueva York”.
“Soy haitiano, como él”, continuó, “y cuando me mudé a la ciudad sin nada, vendía mi arte por 20 dólares en Tompkins Square Park y dormía en el metro. Basquiat también luchó en las calles antes de encontrar el éxito. Para mí, él es la prueba de que los sueños de un artista en Nueva York pueden hacerse realidad”.
El edificio de dos pisos en el 57 de Great Jones fue la base de operaciones de Basquiat, nacido en Brooklyn, cuando experimentó su ascenso al estrellato en el mundo del arte, y allí murió de una sobredosis de heroína a los 27 años. Durante años, artistas urbanos han dejado tributos en ese lugar con vibrantes versiones de su etiqueta de grafiti “SAMO”.
“Esto se siente como algo que llevaba mucho tiempo esperando”, dijo Michelle Hogan, residente del East Village. “Ahora los turistas que van a hacer fila afuera de Katz’s quizás puedan tener una verdadera muestra de lo que alguna vez fue el East Village y por qué este barrio fue tan importante para la historia del arte pop estadounidense”. Su esposo, Steve Hogan, estaba de pie bajo una valla publicitaria de Moncler con Al Pacino y Robert De Niro mientras observaba a la multitud frente al 57 de Great Jones, ahora sede de la boutique de moda de Angelina Jolie, Atelier Jolie.
“Basquiat merece este honor”, dijo Hogan, “pero no sé qué pensaría él sobre cómo luce ahora esta cuadra y el centro de Nueva York”.
El concejal Erik Bottcher se dirigió a los presentes. “¡Bienvenidos a la calle Jean-Michel Basquiat!” dijo, entre aplausos. “Como él dijo una vez: ‘No pienso en el arte cuando trabajo, trato de pensar en la vida’. Hoy, honramos a un hombre cuyo arte reflejaba la vida en toda su complejidad: la belleza, la lucha, la verdad”.
Bottcher entregó una carpeta azul con una proclamación oficial a las hermanas del artista, Lisane Basquiat y Jeanine Heriveaux. Mientras Lisane contenía las lágrimas, Jeanine agradeció a la ciudad por asegurarse de que la “estrella de su hermano mayor siga brillando intensamente”.
Un gran aplauso se escuchó cuando alguien tiró de la cuerda que retiró la cubierta que ocultaba el letrero de la calle “Jean-Michel Basquiat Way” en la esquina de Bowery y Great Jones. Entre la multitud estaban dos personas que ayudaron a impulsar el nombre honorario, la exconcejala Carlina Rivera y el historiador del hip-hop LeRoy McCarthy.
En la planta baja de Atelier Jolie, amigos y familiares de Basquiat se sirvieron palitos de yuca y tostones con salsa de ajo. La señora Heriveaux y la señora Basquiat subieron las escaleras hasta el espacio del atelier que alguna vez fue el dormitorio del artista, lleno de pinturas. “El hecho de que, en 2025, en el contexto de todo lo que está ocurriendo, él sea homenajeado de esta manera por la ciudad de Nueva York es profundamente significativo e impactante para nuestra familia”, dijo. “Agradecemos el reconocimiento”.
“Veníamos a menudo a visitarlo aquí”, dijo la señora Heriveaux. “Es emotivo estar aquí. Pero al mismo tiempo, hay una sensación cálida al estar aquí”.
Pensó en lo que su hermano podría haber sentido ante el homenaje de la ciudad. “Creo que habría estado eufórico”, dijo. “Él quería ser famoso. Eso es algo que expresó”.
Una vez que la multitud se fue, la cuadra volvió a su ritmo habitual. Repartidores pasaban rápidamente en bicicletas eléctricas. Personas vestidas a la moda almorzaban en las mesas de la acera frente al Bowery Hotel. Y el nuevo letrero con el nombre de Jean-Michel Basquiat brillaba bajo el sol.
Fuente: The New York Times
[Fotos: Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times]
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Top Republican slams Katherine Clark for admitting suffering families are ‘leverage’ in shutdown battle
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EXCLUSIVE: A top House Republican is criticizing one of Democrats’ senior leaders for saying the government shutdown and its effects are a «leverage point» to accomplish their goals on healthcare.
«It’s appalling to see the number two House Democrat openly admit that the left is weaponizing hardworking Americans as ‘leverage’ for political gain, even acknowledging families will suffer in the process,» Republican Study Committee Chair August Pfluger, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital.
«This isn’t governance — it’s calculated hostage-taking, with struggling families caught in the balance as Democrats attempt to force through their radical agenda. Families are seen only as leverage by Democrats. We always knew it, now they’re saying it out loud. Absolutely shameful.»
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., sat down for an interview with Fox News’ Chad Pergram last week. At one point, Clark was asked about who Americans would find responsible for the ongoing shutdown.
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Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger is criticizing House Minority Whip Katherine Clark’s comments in a recent interview on the government shutdown. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«I mean, shutdowns are terrible and, of course, there will be, you know, families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leverage times we have,» Clark responded.
«It is an inflection point in this budget process where we have tried to get the Republicans to meet with us and prioritize the American people, and it’s been an absolute refusal, and they were willing to let government shut down when they control the House, the Senate and the White House rather than come and talk about an issue as important to the American people is if they can afford healthcare.»
Fox News Digital reached out to Clark’s office for a response to Pfluger’s comments.
The government is in a shutdown after Congress failed to reach an agreement on federal funding. (Getty Images)
The government shutdown is now in its 23rd day after Senate Democrats rejected the GOP’s federal funding bill for a 12th time on Wednesday evening.
Republicans proposed a measure that would keep federal funding roughly flat until Nov. 21, a spending patch called a continuing resolution (CR), so that negotiators would have more time to strike a longer-term deal on fiscal year (FY) 2026.
The bill passed the House largely along partisan lines on Sept. 19.
But Democrats have been pushing for any funding deal to include an extension of Obamacare subsidies that were enhanced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those enhancements are set to expire at the end of 2025.
Republican leaders have signaled a willingness to negotiate on those subsidies, but have ruled out doing so in the current package.
SCREAMING MATCH ERUPTS BETWEEN HAKEEM JEFFRIES, MIKE LAWLER AS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CHAOS CONTINUES
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on the 10th day of the federal government shutdown in Washington, Oct. 10, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)
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«Mike Johnson said, we have an eternity to talk about this, an eternity. This impact of the ACA is in the next few weeks,» Clark said. «Yes, there are repercussions to a shutdown that are terrible for people.»
She continued, «I feel for military families that even if they get paid, you know, there are lots of spouses that also work that are feeling these cuts because we’ve encouraged military spouses to become federal workers to accommodate all the travel and moving that military families so frequently experience. And now we’re saying to them, you’re not going to be paid for your work. I mean, let’s get it together here. The Republicans need to come to town. They need to sit down with us.»
Republicans have seized on Clark’s comments in recent days, however.
House GOP Chairwoman Lisa McClain, R-Mich., said in a statement on Wednesday, «Democrats are holding American families hostage to advance their political agenda, and they’re admitting it.»
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