Boasberg plans to move quickly on Trump contempt inquiry in major immigration case

He told both parties at the outset he plans to move on the contempt inquiry "promptly" and ordered lawyers for the Justice Department and for the class of Venezuelan migrants to submit to the court by Monday in writing their proposals for how the case should proceed. At issue is the Trump administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants in March from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador and whether officials complied with the court's emergency order that blocked the removals temporarily and ordered all flights to "immediately" return to U.S. soil, which did not happen. In July, he 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 before they were removed again to Venezuela as part of the prisoner exchange.