COURT/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge on Thursday [8-9-18] erupted at the Trump administration when he learned that two asylum seekers fighting deportation were at that moment being deported and on a plane to El Salvador. DC District Judge Emmet Sullivan then blocked the administration from deporting the two plaintiffs while they are fighting for their right to stay in the US — reportedly excoriating the administration and threatening to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt. The government said it is racing to comply with the court’s order…Sullivan agreed with the American Civil Liberties Union that the immigrants they are representing in a federal lawsuit should not be deported while their cases are pending. the emergency hearing in the case turned dramatic when attorneys discovered partway through the hearing that two of their clients were on a plane to El Salvador. During court, Sullivan was incensed at the report that one of the plaintiffs was in the process of being deported, according to the ACLU and The Washington Post. Sullivan demanded to know why he shouldn’t hold Sessions in contempt, according to the Post and the recollection of lead ACLU attorney Jennifer Chang Newell.”
-Tal Kopan, “Judge blocks administration from deporting asylum seekers — but the government already had two on a plane,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, August 9, 2018 4:58 pm