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Federal judges are getting better at stopping jet flights returning foreigners to their home.
This time, Judge Sparkle Sooknanan ordered jets not to take off that were part of a program by the administration of President Donald Trump to repatriate children from Guatemala to their home country, and families.
Earlier, Judge James Boasberg infamously ordered several jets carrying illegal alien criminals being deported to turn around mid-flight, without acknowledging the fact they might not have enough fuel for a return flight.
The Trump administration did not comply, as the flights already were in international airspace and Boasberg, about whom ethics complaints already have been filed, had no jurisdiction there.
This time, the judge ordered the flights not to take off, leaving some children sitting in the aircraft on the runway.
A report at RedState explained the Trump administration was sending illegal alien Guatemalan children back to their home country, after requests by Guatemala and their parents.
That wasn't good enough for Sooknanan.
She issued a temporary restraining order halting the repatriation efforts "even as kids were already sitting in their seats."
The Trump administration had hoped to reunite nearly 700 kids with parents or guardians in Guatemala.
The judge stepped into the program and shut it down after "charter buses had already rolled up to planes in Harlingen and El Paso and, in some cases, children were seated on board awaiting departure," the report said.
Drew Ensign, a lawyer for the Department of Justice, said, "These are not removals under the statute. These are repatriations. All of these children have parents or guardians in Guatemala who have requested their return."
And Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, wasn't pleased with the court's decision to deny the children to opportunity to be reunited with family.
Sooknanan claimed her order was justified because the plan to return the children was happening in the "wee hours" of a holiday weekend.
Miller said, "Cleaning up the mess that Biden made was never going to be easy—his dereliction of duty (or purposeful malfeasance) led to millions of illegal aliens flooding our borders. Now the mainstream press and the Democrats cry foul and shriek 'cruelty' at any efforts to rectify the situation, when in reality it was they themselves who created this humanitarian disaster."
It is Boasberg whose antics have prompted accusations that he is a threat to the rule of law.
The DOJ has filed a complaint warning that he is undermining the nation's judiciary.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has explained the complaint over "misconduct" by Boasberg, a federal judge who once wildly ordered the administration of President Donald Trump to turn around airplanes that already were in international airspace to return the illegal alien criminals they were deporting to America, involved his "making improper public comments about President Trump and his administration."
These comments have undermined the integrity of the judiciary," she confirmed.
A DOJ official confirmed, "Judge Boasberg first tried to persuade Chief Justice Roberts and other federal judges that the Trump administration would not follow court orders, despite having no basis for his belief. Then he acted on his baseless belief again and again in litigation over which he was presiding. Judge Boasberg violated the Canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, including the requirement that he 'promote public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.'"
Boasberg has fought the administration's agendas, including that for securing the borders and deporting illegal aliens, especially criminals, for months.
WND has reported it was the Federalist that obtained access to comments Boasberg made at a recent judicial conference undermining the president.
He disparaged the president, even though he's required to be neutral on issues and people in his court, where Trump is a defendant in a number of cases brought by activists trying to undermine his agenda for America.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche later described Boasberg as a "threat to the rule of law" for using his own agendas in his court rulings to try to control the decisions of the Executive Branch.
A report at the Washington Examiner said Blanche was responding to Boasberg's comments and said, the judge was in "serious breach of the judicial oath and a threat to the rule of law."
"This memo confirms that at least some federal judges were predisposed against the Trump administration," Blanche wrote. "Every litigant, regardless of politics, is entitled to a fair forum."
The report noted, "Other senior DOJ officials, including Chad Mizelle, called the report 'very troubling' and said it 'perhaps explains the completely lawless order issued by Judge Boasberg (which was unsurprisingly stayed by the D.C. Circuit).'"
The judge's misbehavior was revealed by the Federalist which confirmed investigative reporter and senior legal correspondent Margot Cleveland uncovered the fact that Boasberg, based in Washington, D.C., complained to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts that his colleagues were "concern[ed] that the Administration would disregard rulings of federal courts leading to a constitutional crisis."
Boasberg is the chief judge in the judicial district and has been at center of a judicial campaign to prevent Trump's agenda to secure the American borders and deport illegal aliens, those who are in the United States illegally, and often have committed subsequent crimes.
Further, Boasberg also was at the center of activism during President Trump's first term when Trump was under attack in the fabricated Russiagate conspiracy theory launched by the Hillary Clinton campaign and others with lies about Trump campaign collusion with Russia.
