Adrian Florido

On March 15th, President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 so the government could quickly deport without due process people it said were members of a Venezuelan gang. It loaded two planes and they took off for El Salvador. The ACLU sued and Judge Boasberg ordered the government to turn the planes around. It didn't.

Boasberg has been trying to determine whether the government purposely ignored his order. He's now ruled that it did. The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders, he wrote. He's given the government until April 23rd to rectify the contempt or to identify the specific people who defied his order. Adrian Fledido, NPR News.

Boasberg has been trying to determine whether the government purposely ignored his order. He's now ruled that it did. The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders, he wrote. He's given the government until April 23rd to rectify the contempt or to identify the specific people who defied his order. Adrian Fledido, NPR News.

Thank you, Scott. What did the judge say? Well, she said that the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, had the authority to order someone deported based on his determination that that person is a threat to justice. essentially the foreign policy interests of the United States, and that she had no authority to challenge that decision.

Thank you, Scott. What did the judge say? Well, she said that the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, had the authority to order someone deported based on his determination that that person is a threat to justice. essentially the foreign policy interests of the United States, and that she had no authority to challenge that decision.

Thank you, Scott. What did the judge say? Well, she said that the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, had the authority to order someone deported based on his determination that that person is a threat to justice. essentially the foreign policy interests of the United States, and that she had no authority to challenge that decision.

This is based on a rarely used law enacted during the 1950s Red Scare that allows the Secretary of State to order someone personally deported if that person's presence in the U.S. puts the nation's foreign policy goals at risk. The Trump administration has said that fighting anti-Semitism around the world is one of its goals.

This is based on a rarely used law enacted during the 1950s Red Scare that allows the Secretary of State to order someone personally deported if that person's presence in the U.S. puts the nation's foreign policy goals at risk. The Trump administration has said that fighting anti-Semitism around the world is one of its goals.

This is based on a rarely used law enacted during the 1950s Red Scare that allows the Secretary of State to order someone personally deported if that person's presence in the U.S. puts the nation's foreign policy goals at risk. The Trump administration has said that fighting anti-Semitism around the world is one of its goals.

So when agents from the Department of Homeland Security came to Rubio with a file on Mahmoud Khalil's activism, Rubio said he determined that his protests were anti-Semitic. And he said if he allowed Khalil to stay in the country, it would send a message that the U.S. tolerates anti-Semitism, which would then undermine its attempt to fight it everywhere else in the world.

So when agents from the Department of Homeland Security came to Rubio with a file on Mahmoud Khalil's activism, Rubio said he determined that his protests were anti-Semitic. And he said if he allowed Khalil to stay in the country, it would send a message that the U.S. tolerates anti-Semitism, which would then undermine its attempt to fight it everywhere else in the world.

So when agents from the Department of Homeland Security came to Rubio with a file on Mahmoud Khalil's activism, Rubio said he determined that his protests were anti-Semitic. And he said if he allowed Khalil to stay in the country, it would send a message that the U.S. tolerates anti-Semitism, which would then undermine its attempt to fight it everywhere else in the world.

And that is why he said Khalil had to be deported.

And that is why he said Khalil had to be deported.

And that is why he said Khalil had to be deported.

Well, that accusation was absurd. In court, they said that Khalil is not anti-Semitic, and they questioned what facts Rubio relied on to decide that his protests were anti-Semitic. But the judge said that the statute is very clear. As long as Rubio makes the determination himself, she cannot question it.

Well, that accusation was absurd. In court, they said that Khalil is not anti-Semitic, and they questioned what facts Rubio relied on to decide that his protests were anti-Semitic. But the judge said that the statute is very clear. As long as Rubio makes the determination himself, she cannot question it.

Well, that accusation was absurd. In court, they said that Khalil is not anti-Semitic, and they questioned what facts Rubio relied on to decide that his protests were anti-Semitic. But the judge said that the statute is very clear. As long as Rubio makes the determination himself, she cannot question it.

Well, those are some of the big questions in this case. The only thing the Secretary of State has to do to kick someone out of the country is to determine that their presence harmed U.S. foreign policy in some, you know, undefined way. This is one of Khalil's lawyers, Baher Asmi, after the ruling yesterday.

Well, those are some of the big questions in this case. The only thing the Secretary of State has to do to kick someone out of the country is to determine that their presence harmed U.S. foreign policy in some, you know, undefined way. This is one of Khalil's lawyers, Baher Asmi, after the ruling yesterday.