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accused the Trump administration of delaying food aid for, quote, political reasons.

He said the president's own social media posts prove his intent to defy a previous order to keep SNAP assistance flowing.

The Trump administration has said benefits would be partially restored, but it could take weeks or months.

Now the judge says additional funding must be tapped to ensure full benefits are restored immediately.

Anti-hunger groups call the decision a major victory, but worry the administration's appeal will mean more delays for needy Americans.

The Trump administration issued a short statement blaming Democrats for the lapse in benefits.

Tovia Smith, NPR News.

U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg wrote there's significant evidence that many of the migrants are not members of a Venezuela gang, as alleged, and, quote, thus languish in a foreign prison on flimsy, even frivolous accusations. The U.S.

U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg wrote there's significant evidence that many of the migrants are not members of a Venezuela gang, as alleged, and, quote, thus languish in a foreign prison on flimsy, even frivolous accusations. The U.S.

Supreme Court has affirmed migrants' rights to challenge their removal, and Boasberg says it's now up to the government to figure out how to, quote, make good the wrong done and grant the migrants due process, even as the government says they're officially in the custody of El Salvador.

Supreme Court has affirmed migrants' rights to challenge their removal, and Boasberg says it's now up to the government to figure out how to, quote, make good the wrong done and grant the migrants due process, even as the government says they're officially in the custody of El Salvador.

The Trump administration had no immediate comment, but has previously called Boasberg's rulings an egregious abuse of the bench. Tovia Smith, NPR News.

The Trump administration had no immediate comment, but has previously called Boasberg's rulings an egregious abuse of the bench. Tovia Smith, NPR News.

Yeah, this is about Rasha Aloe, a kidney transplant doctor at a Brown University-affiliated medical group. She was here on an H-1B visa. That's the one meant for highly specialized workers. And she went to visit family in Lebanon. And when she returned, she was detained for 36 hours at Boston's Logan Airport and had her phone taken from her, according to her cousin.

Yeah, this is about Rasha Aloe, a kidney transplant doctor at a Brown University-affiliated medical group. She was here on an H-1B visa. That's the one meant for highly specialized workers. And she went to visit family in Lebanon. And when she returned, she was detained for 36 hours at Boston's Logan Airport and had her phone taken from her, according to her cousin.

Yeah, this is about Rasha Aloe, a kidney transplant doctor at a Brown University-affiliated medical group. She was here on an H-1B visa. That's the one meant for highly specialized workers. And she went to visit family in Lebanon. And when she returned, she was detained for 36 hours at Boston's Logan Airport and had her phone taken from her, according to her cousin.

Her cousin was the one who got the federal court order barring officials from sending her back. And apparently her lawyers even made a frantic call to the airport control tower trying to stop the plane she was on. But they say officials, quote, willfully disobeyed the judge's order and sent her back anyway. We expect to learn more shortly from government lawyers in federal court this morning.

Her cousin was the one who got the federal court order barring officials from sending her back. And apparently her lawyers even made a frantic call to the airport control tower trying to stop the plane she was on. But they say officials, quote, willfully disobeyed the judge's order and sent her back anyway. We expect to learn more shortly from government lawyers in federal court this morning.

Her cousin was the one who got the federal court order barring officials from sending her back. And apparently her lawyers even made a frantic call to the airport control tower trying to stop the plane she was on. But they say officials, quote, willfully disobeyed the judge's order and sent her back anyway. We expect to learn more shortly from government lawyers in federal court this morning.

But so far, we've got just a preview from a spokesperson who said that officials use rigorous screening to help keep threats out of the country, is how they put it.