An illegal alien who authorities say shot at a police chopper has been arrested and is being held on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer.
Authorities say Nelson Garcia-Arevalo, 17, fired a stolen rifle at a Metro Nashville Police Department helicopter out of the window of a stolen car. He had allegedly used the stolen car to rob a gun store, where he obtained the stolen rifle and four handguns. He has been <a href="https://www.nashville.gov/departments/police/news/teen-probation-arrested-shooting-car-mnpd-helicopter-overhead">charged</a> with two counts of felony reckless endangerment.
Garcia-Arevalo was with two 15-year-olds who have been charged with vehicle theft, unlawful gun possession, and evading arrest. Video from Nashville police shows the three suspects fleeing law enforcement after they vacated the stolen vehicle.
The Davidson County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has confirmed to The Daily Wire that ICE filed a detainer request to gain custody of Garcia-Arevalo, and that it would comply with the federal law enforcement agency’s request. A spokesperson with the department said they did not know Garcia-Arevalo&#8217;s country of origin.
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WATCH: With an MNPD helicopter overhead, 3 teens bail from a stolen car this afternoon on Amalie Dr. The car had been used in a Dickson gun store burglary on Thur. The 17-old-driver, on probation for shooting at a police helicopter last year, fired shots in the air again today. <a href="https://t.co/cBhJNiYWwN">pic.twitter.com/cBhJNiYWwN</a>
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) <a href="https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status/1926077748906234100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
This wasn’t the first time that Garcia-Arevalo had been arrested for a violent crime, however. The teenager was already on probation after he fired at an undercover police officer and another police helicopter, and was convicted of felony aggravated assault.
The immigration detainer comes amid an ongoing feud between Nashville Democratic Mayor Freddie O’Connell, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), and the Department of Homeland Security. O&#8217;Connell fumed after ICE arrested 196 illegal aliens in Music City and pledged to <a href="https://www.nashville.gov/departments/mayor/news/belonging-fund-launches-provide-emergency-support-immigrants-nashville">support</a> the creation of the “Belonging Fund,” intended to provide financial support to illegal aliens.
Of the nearly 200 illegal aliens arrested by ICE in the Nashville raids, 95 had prior criminal convictions or pending charges. The operation resulted in the arrest of sex offenders, rapists, drug runners, and even suspected members of MS-13 and Tren de Aragua.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerLndqst?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpencerLndqst</a> rips into Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell on <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> over the allegations of him obstructing ICE:
&#8220;Is he on the side of the people of Nashville, the American citizens&#8230; or is he on the side of drug runners, cartel members, rapists, and sex offenders?&#8221;
🔥🔥🔥 <a href="https://t.co/88YFyNFV4k">pic.twitter.com/88YFyNFV4k</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1928157440001876386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
Now, the House Judiciary Committee and House Homeland Security Committee have launched <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-congressman-hits-mayors-over-opposition-to-ice-were-going-to-hold-you-accountable?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=5&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Tennessee+Congressman+Hits+Mayor+Over+Opposition+To+ICE%3A+%E2%80%98We%E2%80%99re+Going+To+Hold+You+Accountable%E2%80%99">investigations</a> into the Nashville mayor with the hopes of obtaining communications between city officials and non-profit groups concerning the ICE operations. Rep. Ogles noted that Republicans are also interested in internal documents and communications relating to a new executive order from the mayor, which mandated that city employees report all communications with ICE to the mayor’s office.
Tensions grew after O’Connell’s office <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nashvilles-democrat-mayor-doxxes-ice-agents?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Nashville%E2%80%99s+Democrat+Mayor+Doxxes+ICE+Agents">doxxed</a> the names of ICE agents when it released data on interactions between the federal law enforcement agents and city employees.
“They claimed it was a mistake. There’s zero chance it was a mistake and there will be repercussions,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. “He’s essentially handing over intelligence to these criminal gangs so they can target our ICE enforcement officers.”

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Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles slammed Nashville&#8217;s mayor over his opposition to deportation operations in an interview with Morning Wire, warning city leaders across the country that federal officials will crack down on those who impede law enforcement.
“If you impede federal law enforcement in their duties, in their directive to follow President Trump, to say, it&#8217;s time that we start deporting these folks, we&#8217;re going to be looking into your city and where appropriate, we&#8217;re going to hold you accountable,” Ogles said.
“The mayor of Nashville is making local PD, who are just trying to do their jobs, the bad guy,” Ogles said on Morning Wire. “The problem with that, aside from…impeding federal law enforcement is, we&#8217;ve had a 400% increase in attacks against law enforcement across the country.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepOgles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepOgles</a> joins <a href="https://twitter.com/MorningWire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MorningWire</a> to discuss the investigation into Nashville&#8217;s mayor and his alleged obstruction of <a href="https://twitter.com/ICEgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ICEgov</a>. <a href="https://t.co/XuvI0apfY6">pic.twitter.com/XuvI0apfY6</a>
— Morning Wire (@MorningWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/MorningWire/status/1928098069607788869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
Ogles&#8217; comments came just after the congressman <a href="https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/congressman-andy-ogles-confirms-federal-investigation-into-nashville-mayors-office-over-illegal-immigration/">confirmed</a> that the House Homeland Security and Judiciary Committees have launched an investigation into Nashville’s Democrat Mayor Freddie O’Connell, who spoke out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the federal agency captured nearly 200 illegal aliens in Nashville.
The congressman says he hopes to obtain correspondence between city officials and non-profit organizations discussing ICE’s arrests, as well as internal communications between city officials concerning the ICE raids. Ogles is also seeking internal documents and correspondence discussing an executive order from the mayor mandating that all city officials report their communications with ICE to his office.
Ogles told The Daily Wire the investigation into O’Connell also sends “a message to cities and mayors across the country.”
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With the support of the House Judiciary Committee, I will be formally requesting all documents and communications from the Mayor’s office related to:
– The amendment of Executive Order 30—an outrageous directive requiring Nashville employees and first responders to report all… <a href="https://t.co/BGv8uocsTk">pic.twitter.com/BGv8uocsTk</a>
— Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepOgles/status/1927130867031294345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
It isn’t just Nashville’s mayor that Ogles has his eye on, however. There’s also State Representative <a href="https://www.wsmv.com/2025/05/14/tn-rep-andy-ogles-calls-investigation-into-nashville-leadership-obstructing-ice-operations/">Aftyn Bhen</a>, who followed ICE agents as they enforced federal law in Music City.
“She recorded herself and she put it on social media where she was blocking ICE vehicles,” Ogles said. “She even admitted to blocking four different – ‘delaying’ was the word she used – ICE vehicles as they were trying to conduct operations. And so that&#8217;s a crime.”
The ICE raids in Nashville, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-dems-rage-over-nashville-ice-raids-that-targeted-rapists-and-gang-members?author=Spencer+Lindquist+and+Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Dems+Rage+Over+Nashville+ICE+Raids+That+Targeted+Rapists+And+Gang+Members">first reported</a>, led to the capture of gang members, drug runners, and a convicted rapist. Of the 196 illegal aliens arrested in the raids, 95 had prior criminal convictions or pending criminal charges, and another 31 had reentered the country after being previously removed from the United States.
Ogles explained that criminal illegal alien gangs, some of which have been designated foreign terror organizations by the Trump administration, have a foothold in Tennessee.
“As someone who&#8217;s on the Homeland Security Committee, [I] just received a classified briefing. And what I can tell you is that MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, they&#8217;re all over the country. They&#8217;re in Nashville. They&#8217;re in our small cities like Columbia and Tullahoma,” Ogles warned.
&#8220;I can tell you that these gangs are sophisticated. They&#8217;re in every city in our country. They have very sophisticated surveillance equipment, tactical equipment. This isn&#8217;t just some thug on the street selling drugs,&#8221; he added. &#8220;These are cartels and criminal enterprises that are moving and sweeping across our country.&#8221;
“If we don&#8217;t fight back, if we don&#8217;t take our cities and our streets back, you&#8217;re going to wake up and you&#8217;re going to see those gang members on the street corner in front of your elementary and middle schools, and then it&#8217;ll be too late,” he added.
Ogles also noted that illegal alien gangs “want strongholds in Nashville,” because the city’s proximity to other population centers makes it a valuable outpost for smuggling drugs, guns, and people.
“They want to take over Nashville, and the more competition and the more fighting, the more violence you&#8217;re to see on our streets, and I&#8217;m not going to stand for it,” Ogles said. “We&#8217;re going to find these people. We&#8217;re going to get them off our streets.”

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Tennessee Congressman Hits Mayor Over Opposition To ICE: ‘We’re Going To Hold You Accountable’

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After decades of mass illegal immigration into the United States, untold millions of illegal aliens have settled throughout the country, competing with Americans for government benefits, jobs, and now, for homes.
For most illegal aliens, obtaining a mortgage from a traditional bank — without a social security number or a credit score — is nearly impossible. But as millions of illegal aliens flooded the country, a new industry has cropped up to capitalize on the new customer base, selling financing catered to the illegal population.
One entity at the forefront of this industry, a Daily Wire investigation has revealed, is Prysma Lending, which has given out more than a <a href="https://prysma.com/about-us">billion dollars</a> in loans in red and blue states alike as it blatantly targets illegal aliens.
Trump pledged to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/06/business/undocumented-immigrants-trump-mortgage-ban/index.html">ban mortgages for illegal aliens</a> on the campaign trail and his administration <a href="https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-048">took action</a> in March to prevent government-backed mortgages from going to illegal aliens. But Prysma is one of several companies — including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-colony-ridge-the-fastest-growing-development-in-the-u-s-is-a-magnet-for-illegal-immigrants">Colony Ridge</a>, the Texas development that The Daily Wire exposed as a magnet for illegal aliens — that uses a different financial tactic that isn’t impacted by the administration’s recent rule change, which specifically targeted loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration.
The company prides itself on “empowering the Latino community to achieve homeownership” in its Spanish-language <a href="https://www.instagram.com/prysma_lending_group/">Instagram bio.</a> The company’s president, Monica Serva, <a href="https://prysma.com/about-us">says</a> she started Prysma with the intent of “helping the Latino community” because she “realized how unfairly minorities were treated.”
But Prysma revealed that its business model relied on illegal aliens, in particular, when it hosted a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHQX1LczTk4&amp;t=30s">webinar</a> with an immigration lawyer to answer their customers&#8217; questions about the risk of deportation in the days following President Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration.
The company is evidently concerned that its clientele could be deported, or at least that potential customers could be dissuaded from buying a home in a country that they fear they could be removed from.
They have reason to be worried. The Connecticut-based company’s website is checkered with explicit appeals to illegal aliens, allowing it to corner a market that doesn’t have access to the same financial tools as American citizens and legal residents.
“Prysma has helped non-US citizen families in: Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas,” the corporation’s site reads. “No Social Security or Green Card required.”
“You have a right to homeownership, regardless of legal status,” Prysma says. The company even published guides on “<a href="https://prysma.com/blog/personal-loans-for-undocumented-immigrants-options-available">loans for undocumented immigrants</a>” and boasts that it has “extensive experience with loans tailored to the unique needs of undocumented immigrants.”
“Securing personal loans can be a crucial step toward financial independence for undocumented immigrants, who often face challenges accessing traditional financial products,” Prysma writes. 
Federation for American Immigration Reform Media Director Ira Mehlman told The Daily Wire that allowing illegal aliens to access mortgages could incentivize them to remain in the country, but that Congress could take action. 
“Access to mortgages can serve as an incentive for illegal aliens to remain in the country, especially at a time when the goal of the government is convincing illegal aliens to leave,” Mehlman explained. Congress could take many actions &#8211; from disclosure to outright prohibition &#8211; and set a national standard for states to follow.”
A Prysma employee admitted in the post-election <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHQX1LczTk4&amp;t=30s">webinar</a> that the company specializes in offering loans to illegal aliens.
“At Prysma, again we’re super honored that Latinos come to us &#8230; well, people from all different parts of the world, looking for loans that don’t require a legal status,” Senior Mortgage Loan Originator Stefany Pina said.
The corporation made a guide to go along with the talk, providing “actionable steps to safeguard the things that matter to you most should you or a family member be at risk of deportation.” The document tells customers how to trigger a “credible fear” interview to avoid deportation, adding that “the interview process can slow deportation proceedings, giving you time to build a legal defense.”
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Prysma also instructs illegal aliens to avoid presenting “IDs that could flag you for deportation,” including foreign passports.
Prysma’s business model <a href="https://prysma.com/tax-id-loans">appears to rely</a> on the individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN), a tax processing number from the IRS that can be obtained by anyone regardless of their immigration status. The National Immigration Law Center, a left-wing Soros-backed organization, <a href="https://www.nilc.org/resources/itinfaq/">calls ITINs</a> “a powerful tool for immigrant taxpayers.” Illegal aliens can use ITINs to receive home and personal loans, often at rates significantly higher than those offered by traditional banks.
Obtaining an ITIN, Prysma is eager to point out, does not require a legal status. “Your ITIN allows you to take out a Tax ID loan … without showing legal residency in the U.S.” The company says, also adding “no social security card needed&#8221; and &#8220;no green card needed.&#8221;
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The IRS <a href="https://www.irs.gov/tin/itin/individual-taxpayer-identification-number-itin#what">created</a> ITINs so nonresidents could pay taxes. They were not intended to be used by illegal aliens to obtain mortgages or other loans.
This ITIN financial scheme is the same system that fueled the astronomical growth of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-colony-ridge-the-fastest-growing-development-in-the-u-s-is-a-magnet-for-illegal-immigrants">Colony Ridge</a>, the Texas development that The Daily Wire exposed as a magnet for illegal aliens. The site, which has attracted illegal alien murderers, drug-runners, human smugglers, and cartel members, similarly told buyers that they didn’t need social security numbers and instead doled out ITIN loans to illegal aliens.
Leaked emails from a Texas land developer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-developer-admits-colony-ridge-relies-on-subprime-lending-to-non-citizen-buyers">uncovered</a> by The Daily Wire indicate that there appears to be an entire industry built around supplying loans to illegal aliens. The developer, who formerly led a lobbying organization, wrote that “we will not be able to sell our developments if each of our buyers have to have [social security numbers].”
Prysma did not respond to a request for comment.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday spotlighted the criminal records of eight illegal aliens who were deported to South Sudan as it gears up for a fight with a judge who could order them to be returned to the United States.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) explained that the illegal aliens’ countries of origin were unwilling to take them back.
“We conducted a deportation flight from Texas to remove some of the most barbaric, violent individuals illegally in the United States,” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zg1o9hJES0">said</a> Tricia McLaughlin, the Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs for the agency. “No country on earth wanted to accept them because their crimes are so uniquely monstrous and barbaric,” McLaughlin added before explaining that South Sudan was “willing to accept custody” of the illegal alien criminals.
However, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy of Massachusetts has <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-judge-orders-trump-administration-track-deported-immigrants-south-sudan">ordered</a> the Trump administration to maintain custody of the deported illegals “to ensure the practical feasibility of return if the Court finds that such removals were unlawful.”
“A local judge in Massachusetts is trying to force the United States to bring back these uniquely barbaric monsters who present a clear and present threat to the safety of American people,” McLaughlin charged before calling it “absurd” that the judge would attempt to “dictate the foreign policy and national security of the United States of America.”
The plane landed in the nearby country of Djibouti on Wednesday, the New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/south-sudan-deportation.html">reported</a>. The eight men on the deportation flight were convicted of a range of crimes, including murder, kidnapping, robbery, and sexual assault, according to DHS.
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DHS <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-exposes-crimes-migrants-deported-south-sudan-judge-threatens-order-return">identified</a> one of the men as Enrique Arias-Hierro, a Cuban national arrested by ICE in May and convicted of homicide, armed robbery, false impersonation of an official, kidnapping, and strong-arm robbery. He was joined by another Cuban national named Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Quinones, who has been convicted of first-degree murder with a weapon, battery and larceny, and trafficking and possessing cocaine.
Another deported was Tuan Thanh Phan of Vietnam, who was convicted of first-degree murder and second-degree assault. Laotian national Thongxay Nilakout, who was also convicted of first-degree murder, was also on the flight to South Sudan, as was Mexican national Jesus Munoz-Gutierrez, who had been convicted of second-degree murder.
There’s also a pair of convicted Burmese sex offenders: Kyaw Mya of Burma, a criminal convicted of “lascivious acts with a child-victim less than 12 years of age,” and Nyo Myint, who was convicted of “first-degree sexual assault involving a victim mentally and physically incapable of resisting” as well as aggravated assault.
Only one of the eight men sent to South Sudan is originally from the African nation. Dian Peter Domach, who was captured by ICE in May, was found in “possession of burglar’s tools and possession of defaced firearm,” and convicted of  “robbery and possession of a firearm.”
The potential legal battle would mark the latest ruling from the judiciary to prevent the Trump administration’s deportation of criminal illegal aliens. United States District Judge James Boasberg, whose wife donated to Democratic candidates and opened a Washington, D.C.-area abortion clinic, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-the-obama-appointed-judge-trying-to-stop-trump-from-deporting-criminal-illegals">hindered</a> the administration’s efforts to deport illegal aliens who are suspected gang members to El Salvador.
Another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-who-prevented-trumps-deportation-of-500k-migrants-volunteered-for-obama-elizabeth-warren?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=30&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Judge+Who+Prevented+Trump%E2%80%99s+Deportation+Of+500k+Migrants+Volunteered+For+Obama%2C+Elizabeth+Warren">leftwing judge</a>, Indira Talwani, temporarily blocked the Trump administration from removing temporary protected status for more than 500,000 migrants. Talwani donated to and volunteered for Democratic politicians, including former President Barack Obama and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

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El Salvador&#8217;s government denied Sen. Chris Van Hollen&#8217;s (D-MD) request Wednesday to see Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man who was deported by the Trump administration in a move that has sparked Democrat outrage and court intervention.
Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador in an attempt to &#8220;check on [Abrego Garcia&#8217;s] condition — and remind him that we won&#8217;t stop fighting until he&#8217;s home.&#8221; The Democrat said he spoke to Salvadoran Vice President Félix Ulloa and asked why the government is holding Abrego Garcia in a high-security prison for terrorists, Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/16/el-salvador-senator-mistakenly-deported-man?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;His answer was that the Trump administration is paying El Salvador, the government of El Salvador to keep him,&#8221; Van Hollen said.
The senator added that Ulloa told him that he must make earlier arrangements to visit Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, or CECOT, as the prison is called. When Van Hollen asked if he could speak to Abrego Garcia over the phone, Ulloa said that a phone call must be arranged through the American embassy.
Van Hollen was blasted by the Trump administration for his trip to El Salvador. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz <a href="https://x.com/MikeWaltz47/status/1912520485922824499">wrote</a> on X, &#8220;Democrats miss Biden’s open borders so much they are flying to El Salvador to personally try and bring violent criminals to the United States.&#8221;
The Trump administration previously said that Abrego Garcia&#8217;s deportation was an &#8220;administrative error,&#8221; but now the White House is saying that the deportation is justified with White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stephen-miller-blames-doj-saboteur-for-claiming-salvadoran-migrant-mistakenly-deported?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Stephen+Miller+Blames+DOJ+%E2%80%98Saboteur%E2%80%99+For+Claiming+Salvadoran+Migrant+Mistakenly+Deported" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blaming</a> a “saboteur” within the Justice Department for stating that Abrego Garcia’s deportation was a mistake.
“He is an illegal alien from El Salvador,” Miller told Fox News host Bill Hemmer on Monday. “In 2019, he was ordered deported. He [has] a final removal order from the United States. These are things that no one disputes. Where is he from? El Salvador. Where is he a resident and citizen of? El Salvador. Is he here illegally? Yes. Does he have a deportation order? Yes.”
The Trump administration has an ongoing deal with El Salvador, which has been accepting deportation flights of alleged illegal immigrants with suspected ties to violent gangs and holding them in the notorious prison, CECOT. Last month, Abrego Garcia — a Salvadoran the Trump administration alleges is a member of MS-13 — was placed on one of these flights despite a previous order from an immigration judge prohibiting his deportation to El Salvador. While an immigration judge ordered Abrego Garcia to be deported in 2019, citing his likely ties to MS-13, he said the federal government could not send him back to El Salvador because he would likely face persecution there.
The deportation of Abrego Garcia, who had been living in Maryland, has set off an intense court battle with the Supreme Court weighing in last week and partially ruling against the Trump administration. The Supreme Court pointed to the district judge&#8217;s order that the Trump administration must “facilitate,” but not necessarily “effectuate,” the return of Abrego Garcia. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis gave the Trump administration two weeks to comply with her discovery requests and prove that the administration has sought to bring Abrego Garcia back to the United States.

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United States District Court Judge James Boasberg says that there is &#8220;probable cause&#8221; to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court over its expedited removal of suspected criminal illegal alien gang members through the Alien Enemies Act.
The judge, who The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-the-obama-appointed-judge-trying-to-stop-trump-from-deporting-criminal-illegals">found</a> has a history of obstructing immigration enforcement operations, is giving the Justice Department time to respond <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/trump-probable-cause-contempt-deportation-flights.html">before</a> taking any additional steps.
The Trump administration has been locked in a legal battle with Boasberg over the expedited deportation flights of illegal aliens who it believes are gang members. The federal judge placed a 14-day restraining order on the flights, but the Trump administration already had <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/16/trump-white-house-defy-judge-deport-venezuelans">flights in the air</a> at the time of the ruling, allowing it to successfully deport illegal aliens to El Salvador’s megaprison.
“The Court ultimately determines that the Government’s actions on that day demonstrate a willful disregard for its Order, sufficient for the Court to conclude that probable cause exists to find the Government in criminal contempt,” <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25899106/boasberg-contempt.pdf">Boasberg wrote</a>. “The Court does not reach such conclusion lightly or hastily; indeed, it has given Defendants ample opportunity to rectify or explain their actions,” he went on to say before adding, “none of their responses has been satisfactory.”
A Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-the-obama-appointed-judge-trying-to-stop-trump-from-deporting-criminal-illegals">investigation</a> found that Boasberg’s wife is the founder of a DC-area abortion clinic and donated more than $11,000 to Democrats, including to Hillary Clinton as she faced off against Donald Trump in 2016. Boasberg spared an FBI agent who was tied to the Russiagate hoax from prison, instead sentencing him to probation and community service.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted Boasberg in the wake of The Daily Wire’s investigation.
“Judge Boasberg is a Democrat activist. He was appointed by Barack Obama, his wife has donated more than $10,000 to Democrats, and he has consistently shown his disdain for the president and his policies and it is unacceptable,” Leavitt said.
“These partisan judges are undermining the judicial branch,” she added, calling Boasberg “an activist judge who is trying to usurp the president’s authority.”
The Trump administration <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/16/trump-white-house-defy-judge-deport-venezuelans">previously stated</a> that it expects the case over the Alien Enemies Act to go to the Supreme Court, where it believes it will win.

Judge James Boasberg

Liberal Judge Threatens To Hold Trump Admin In Criminal Contempt Of Court Over Deportation Flights

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The Social Security Administration is literally killing thousands of numbers that were assigned to illegal aliens.
With a Social Security number, illegal aliens can work in the United States and receive a wide range of taxpayer-funded benefits. The Trump administration is trying to take away the incentive for illegal aliens to stay in the United States and swiftly remove them from the system, treating them the same as it would someone who had died.
The Trump administration is putting the Social Security numbers of more than 6,000 illegal aliens into the same database that dead people&#8217;s numbers go into, a novel maneuver that effectively strips the individuals of their numbers and makes them ineligible for benefits. Of those illegal aliens entered into the database for dead people, the White House said that nearly 1,000 were receiving Medicaid benefits, while others were given student loans or collecting unemployment insurance.
“President Trump promised mass deportations and by removing the monetary incentive for illegal aliens to come and stay, we will encourage them to self deport,” said White House spokeswoman Elizabeth Huston. “He is delivering on his promise he made to the American people.”
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/10/self-deportation-immigrants-social-security-dead/">According</a> to the Washington Post, one anonymous White House official claimed that the Social Security numbers that were logged into the database had all been assigned to illegal aliens with criminal records or ties to terrorist activity. Another 92,000 illegal aliens with criminal convictions are expected to have their Social Security numbers entered into the database, the official went on to tell the outlet.
Some of those affected are aliens who received legitimate Social Security numbers under the Biden administration’s temporary work programs that have ended, meaning they have lost their legal status.
The move comes after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek authorized Social Security to place illegal alien numbers into the death file for national security reasons.
The Social Security Administration has seemingly had a lot of trouble reclassifying recipients who are actually dead. Elon Musk&#8217;s DOGE found that Social Security payments were being sent to people who were 115 years old or older. Social security numbers belonging to people between the ages of one and five years old and to people not even born were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/people-who-havent-been-born-yet-collected-millions-in-federal-unemployment-doge">found</a> by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project to be receiving Social Security benefits.
A DOGE official recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doge-official-more-than-one-million-migrants-on-medicaid-thousands-on-voter-rolls?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=DOGE+Official%3A+More+Than+One+Million+Migrants+On+Medicaid%2C+Thousands+On+Voter+Rolls">warned</a> that more than a million illegal aliens are receiving Medicaid benefits and that thousands of them are on voter rolls.
Immigration experts have highlighted other ways to compel illegal aliens to self-deport, most notably by passing a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-one-simple-trick-that-could-lead-illegal-immigrants-to-self-deport?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=9&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=The+One+Simple+Trick+That+Could+Lead+Illegal+Immigrants+To+Self-Deport">national E-Verify mandate </a>in an attempt to prevent them from obtaining employment. If implemented, experts say, the law would eliminate a major incentive for illegal immigration and hinder illegal aliens’ ability to remain in the United States.

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Why Trump Is Reclassifying Illegals Who Were Given Social Security Numbers As Dead

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School districts across the country have begun directing students to organizations that offer legal aid to illegal aliens and excuse the absences of those attempting to avoid deportation in the wake of President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration enforcement operations, a Daily Wire investigation has found.
The districts laid out their policies and posted their resource lists after the Trump administration <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/migrants-can-now-be-arrested-at-churches-and-schools-after-trump-administration-throws-out-policies">removed restrictions</a> against federal immigration enforcement agents, who were previously barred from carrying out deportation operations at schools.
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), one of the largest school districts in the country, launched its “<a href="https://www.lausd.org/weareone">We Are One</a>” campaign to reaffirm the district’s opposition to deportation. “Per the November 2024 LA Unified Board Resolutions, the District is a ‘sanctuary district’ and safe zone for families threatened by immigration enforcement,” LAUSD’s site reads.
The district links to the “We Have Rights” video series, which it describes as “an empowerment campaign to prepare for and safely defend our rights during encounters with Immigration &amp; Customs Enforcement.” The video series promoted by LAUSD encourages people to film Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests and to <a href="https://www.wehaverights.us/english-videos/when-documenting-ice-arrests">strategically release</a> the footage through partnership with a lawyer, advocacy organization, or through the media.
LAUSD goes on to provide a link to “<a href="https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas">red cards</a>,” printable documents that illegal aliens can keep on their person in the event that they come in contact with immigration enforcement officers. The cards, produced by the <a href="https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?filter_keyword=immigrant+legal+resource+center">George Soros-funded</a> Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC), tell immigrants “DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR if an immigration agent is knocking on the door” and “DO NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS from an immigration agent if they try to talk to you.”
The district told The Daily Wire that it &#8220;is required to protect the legal rights of our students and employees and continues to adhere to all applicable federal and state laws.”
But LAUSD is far from the only school district that provides resources to those who might be subject to deportation.
Washington State’s Puyallup School District went a step further in an email reviewed by The Daily Wire, telling community members that illegal aliens are excused from school if they skip class due to immigration and deportation concerns.
“As a district committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment for all students, we reaffirm our dedication to protecting the rights of immigrant students and their families,” the email read. “We understand that absences may occur due to concerns about immigration status, and we classify these absences as excused under safety concerns.”
There’s also Cody High School of Detroit Public Schools Community District, which curated a <a href="https://www.detroitk12.org/Page/10143">list of resources</a> for so-called “undocumented citizens,” including information about the “Undocufund,” which is described as a fund of “$750,000 for undocumented Detroiters who were excluded from stimulus payments authorized by the CARES Act.”
The first organization on the list is the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, which the school says provides emergency legal assistance to illegal aliens who are detained or are facing deportation.
Included on the resource list is Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan, which runs the La Casa Amiga Immigration Legal Clinic. The clinic offers assistance with a provisional waiver that is specifically designed for illegal aliens trying to gain legal status.
The school district’s site also lists Michigan United, a leftwing non-profit, as a resource. The organization’s <a href="https://miunited.org/legal-services/">legal clinic</a> serves illegal aliens, particularly those who are attempting to avoid deportation through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Detroit Public Schools Community District did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
It isn’t just school districts in blue states that have voiced opposition to the enforcement of federal immigration law, however. An email obtained by The Daily Wire sent to families at West Des Moines Community Schools blamed the president’s immigration actions for causing “fear and harm.”
“We recognize that the recent Presidential Executive Orders have caused fear and harm for students, families, and staff,” the district’s superintendent and board of education president wrote in a January email. The district officials directed community members to various leftwing organizations, including the <a href="https://www.dscionline.org/">Diversity Services Center</a> and the <a href="https://www.iowammj.org/">Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice</a>, both of which offer legal assistance to migrants.
Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools similarly created a list of “<a href="https://www.fcps.edu/resources-immigrant-families">resources for immigrant families</a>,” directing community members to various legal resources that could be used by illegal aliens in an attempt to prevent deportation.
The district advertised the ILRC, which <a href="https://www.ilrc.org/">equips</a> immigration lawyers to provide deportation defense for illegal aliens and secure protections for illegal aliens under DACA while also advocating for leftwing immigration policies.
The school district promoted another leftwing organization that encourages illegal aliens to call a <a href="https://www.justice4all.org/rapid-response-toolkit/">rapid response</a> hotline to report ICE activity. The district did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Colleges and universities are also helping illegal students avoid deportation. California’s Claremont McKenna College encouraged international students to return to the United States before Trump’s inauguration and even offered to connect illegal alien students with immigration lawyers for a free consultation, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-college-to-connect-illegals-with-lawyers-urges-foreigners-to-return-before-inauguration?row=0&amp;elementPosition=133&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;title=College+Tells+International+Students+To+Return+Before+Trump+Takes+Office%2C+Offers+To+Shelter+Illegals&amp;category=News">revealed</a> in December.

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School Districts Excuse Absences For Illegal Aliens, Direct Illegal Students To Immigration Lawyers

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that the Left-wing narrative being peddled about an illegal immigrant mistakenly being deported back to El Salvador is not based on the facts.
The illegal in question, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was arrested by ICE and sent to El Salvador last month on one of the Trump administration’s deportation flights. While a judge ordered that the Salvadoran be removed from the country in 2019, the order prohibited Abrego Garcia from being sent back to his home country, acknowledging that he would likely face persecution or torture. An “administrative error” placed the suspected MS-13 member on a flight to El Salvador, where the Trump administration has been sending deportees to an infamous Salvadoran prison.
Pressed about the deportation in the briefing room, Leavitt laid out four &#8220;facts&#8221; that she says support the administration&#8217;s actions and call into question Left-wing reports and commentary that paint the illegal as an &#8220;innocent father.&#8221;
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Any comment on this, <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@marcorubio</a>? How about you, <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JDVance</a>? <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a>?
You just admitted to accidentally sending an innocent father from Maryland to a torture dungeon in El Salvador. And you refuse to do anything about it. <a href="https://t.co/TCykWFQH4Z">https://t.co/TCykWFQH4Z</a>
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonfavs/status/1906903940303892815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
&#8220;The error that you are referring to was a clerical error — it was an administrative error,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The administration maintains the position that this individual who was deported to El Salvador, and will not be returning to our country, was a member of the brutal and vicious MS-13 gang. That is fact number one.&#8221;
“Fact number two, we also have credible intelligence proving that this individual was involved in human trafficking,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Fact number three, this individual was a member, actually a leader of the brutal MS-13 gang which this president has designated as a foreign terrorist organization.&#8221;
Laying out &#8220;fact number four,&#8221; Leavitt said that &#8220;foreign terrorists do not have legal protections in the United States of America anymore, and it is within the president&#8217;s executive authority and power to deport these heinous individuals from American communities.&#8221;
That was a promise President Donald Trump campaigned on, the press secretary said. &#8220;And every single person in this room should be grateful for that considering MS-13 is very prevalent and prominent here in the District of Columbia, in Maryland, and in Virginia. The president, the Attorney General, everyone who has been involved in these operations is focused on eradicating these criminals and terrorists from our communities.&#8221;
Leavitt added that there&#8217;s &#8220;a lot of evidence&#8221; from the Department of Homeland Security and ICE indicating the illegal was a member of MS-13.
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says the Salvadoran illegal was deported because ICE and DHS has &#8220;a lot of evidence&#8221; that he was in fact an MS-13 gang member and human trafficker:
&#8220;The administration maintains the position that this individual that was deported to… <a href="https://t.co/nYoV0GbuQW">pic.twitter.com/nYoV0GbuQW</a>
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href="https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1907109025826885915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
Further, Leavitt emphasized the brutality of MS-13, the gang responsible for a number of murders inside the U.S.
&#8220;Let me tell you why we&#8217;ve made this commitment,&#8221; she said. &#8220;MS-13, may I remind each and every one of you, is a brutal and vicious gang. They raped and strangled a 20-year-old autistic woman to death in Maryland. They hacked four people to death with machetes in a park on Long Island. They have kidnapped, sexually tortured, and shot a teenage girl in Texas after she insulted them; allegedly killed and mutilated a 17-year-old girl in Virginia, stabbing him 16 times and cutting off his hands. They beheaded and cut out the heart of a man in Washington DC.&#8221;
&#8220;They raped and murdered a 13-year-old girl in California,&#8221; Leavitt continued, &#8220;they sex trafficked a slew of young girls, including one who was just 12 years old; raped an 11-year-old girl in Brooklyn while her brother was in the room, sex trafficked a 13-year-old in Maryland and Virginia, miles away from this White House, even beating her 26 times on her backside with a baseball bat; pressured homeless New Yorkers to undergo unnecessary surgeries, such as spinal fusion in order to bolster their fraudulent lawsuits.&#8221;
&#8220;These are vicious criminals,&#8221; she stated. &#8220;This is a vicious gang, and I wish that the media would spend just a second of the same time you have spent trying to litigate each and every individual of this gang who has been deported from our country as the innocent Americans whose lives have been lost at the hands of these brutal criminals.&#8221;
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Karoline Leavitt torches the leftist media for their lack of coverage on MS-13 gang members
These monsters have committed horrific crimes, and they should all face justice. <a href="https://t.co/6xoFfGSBzd">pic.twitter.com/6xoFfGSBzd</a>
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) <a href="https://twitter.com/theMRC/status/1907109203447017511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vance-defends-trump-admin-after-it-admits-to-mistakenly-deporting-salvadoran?topStoryPosition=undefined" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vance Defends Trump Admin After It Admits To Mistakenly Deporting Salvadoran</a>

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Leavitt Lays Out Actual Facts In Response To Media Uproar Over Illegal Deported ‘In Error’

‘Fact Number One’: Leavitt Drops Hammer To Debunk Media Line On Illegal Deported ‘In Error’ 

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The federal judge who upheld the injunction blocking the Trump administration’s expedited removal of alleged Tren de Aragua gang members has a history of partisan political activity, both donating to and volunteering for Barack Obama&#8217;s presidential campaign.
United States Circuit Judge Patricia Millett has <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/venezuela-deportation-case-temporary-block">maintained</a> the injunction against President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act, preventing the president from using the law to expedite the deportation of alleged criminal Venezuelan illegal aliens connected to Tren de Aragua, a foreign terror organization. The Trump administration is now <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/28/trump-supreme-court-venezuelans-deportation-gang/82504401007/">asking</a> the Supreme Court to decide on the case.
Federal Election Commission filings <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?amp%3Bcontributor_employer=Akin+Gump&amp;contributor_name=Patricia+Millett&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2008&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2010&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2012">indicate</a> that Millett was a prolific donor to Democrats, including Obama, from 2008 to 2012. Millett gave more than $31,000 to Democrat politicians and the party itself, supporting Obama’s presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton’s run in 2008, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, the Democratic National Committee, and the Fairfax County Democratic Committee, among others.
Millett — who <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-claims-nazis-got-better-treatment-than-venezuelans-deported-trump">charged</a> that “Nazis got better treatment&#8221; than deported illegal aliens — also volunteered for Obama’s 2008 campaign, noting in a Judiciary Committee <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Patricia-Millett-Senate-Questionnaire-Final.pdf">questionnaire</a> that she provided the campaign with “legal assistance to the Voter Protection Teams for Ohio and New Hampshire, including preparing for potential election challenges.”
Millett’s appointment was <a href="https://civilrightsdocs.info/pdf/policy/letters/Support_Patricia_Millett_letter_7_9_13.pdf">supported</a> by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a left-wing organization that <a href="https://civilrights.org/value/immigrant-rights/">supports amnesty</a> for illegal aliens, <a href="https://civilrights.org/value/policing/">called</a> America’s public safety system, “at odds with our shared values of fairness, equity, and justice,” and <a href="https://civilrights.org/value/deia/">advocates</a> in favor of the diversity, equity, and inclusion movement.
Millett’s ruling upholds the injunction issued by United States District Court Judge James Boasberg, another Obama appointee. Boasberg has a history of stonewalling Trump’s efforts while his wife has engaged in overtly partisan activity, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-the-obama-appointed-judge-trying-to-stop-trump-from-deporting-criminal-illegals">reported</a>.
Boasberg issued a ruling in 2018 that limited the administration’s ability to detain migrant families who had entered the country, hindering Trump’s attempt to disincentivize illegal immigration by limiting the issuance of parole.
The Obama-appointed judge also granted leniency to the only official charged in connection with the Russiagate hoax, refusing to sentence him to prison.
Boasberg’s wife, Elizabeth Manson, has donated more than $11,000 to Democratic candidates and committees, including to Hillary for America when she faced off against Trump in 2016. She&#8217;s also the founder of a DC-area abortion clinic.

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Judge Who Upheld Block Of Trump’s Deportation Flights Is A Major Dem Donor

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A left-wing federal judge who is already locked in a feud with the Trump administration has been assigned to the lawsuit over the leaked Signal chat where officials discussed impending military actions against Houthi targets in Yemen.
U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg, an Obama appointee, has been assigned <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5214036-trump-officials-face-records-lawsuit-over-signal-chat/">the lawsuit</a>, which was filed by an organization that claims the Signal chat violated the Federal Records Act. The communications were released Monday by The Atlantic&#8217;s Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg after he had been inadvertently added to the chat.
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JUST IN: Judge James Boasberg has been assigned to the Signalgate lawsuit. <a href="https://t.co/nrLv9EQNyO">pic.twitter.com/nrLv9EQNyO</a>
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) <a href="https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1904884072763044089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
The Trump administration is already locked in a feud with Boasberg over his attempt to prevent the president from expediting the removal of Tren de Aragua gang members to El Salvador through the use of the Alien Enemies Act.
“Judge Boasberg is a Democrat activist. He was appointed by Barack Obama, his wife has donated more than $10,000 to Democrats, and he has consistently shown his disdain for the president and his policies and it is unacceptable,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-white-house-slams-judge-as-democrat-activist-after-daily-wire-investigation">charged</a> in a press briefing last week.
Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) is now seeking to <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/judge-boasberg-impeach-deportation-flights-brandon-gill-2049585">impeach</a> Boasberg over his injunction against the Trump administration’s expedited removal of illegal aliens believed to be tied to Tren de Aragua, a transnational criminal organization that the administration has designated as a foreign terror organization.
Boasberg has a history of stonewalling President Trump’s efforts while his wife has engaged in overtly partisan activity, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-the-obama-appointed-judge-trying-to-stop-trump-from-deporting-criminal-illegals">reported</a>.
Boasberg issued a ruling in 2018 that limited the administration’s ability to detain migrant families who had entered the country, hindering Trump’s attempt to disincentivize illegal immigration by limiting the issuance of parole.
The Obama-appointed judge also granted leniency to the only official charged in connection with the Russiagate hoax. Boasberg spared former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith from prison after he had admitted to altering an email to an FBI agent concerning Trump campaign advisor Carter Page. Clinesmith had incorrectly labeled Page as not a source for the CIA, heightening suspicions of the Trump campaign.
Boasberg said that Clinesmith had been forced to endure a “media hurricane,” and only sentenced him to a year of probation and 400 hours of community service.
Boasberg’s wife, Elizabeth Manson, has donated more than $11,000 to Democratic candidates and committees, including to Hillary for America when she faced off against Trump in 2016.
Manson is also the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/liddy-manson-5ba20/">founder</a> of Meadow Reproductive Health and Wellness, an abortion clinic in northern Virginia. “In-clinic abortions are safe, simple medical procedures. At Meadow, our providers offer procedures up to 15 weeks of gestation,” Manson’s clinic <a href="https://meadowrepro.org/">writes</a> on its site. “We offer both telehealth and in-person medication abortion services for patients up to 11 weeks of gestation.”

Judge Who Blocked Deportation Flights Assigned To Signal Chat Lawsuit

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