Judge who blocked deportation flights ‘defies logic’: Tom Homan

Published March 17, 2025 10:55am ET



“Border czar” Tom Homan reprimanded the judge who attempted to stop the deportation flights of 261 illegal immigrants.

Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling on Saturday night that prohibited deportation flights for 14 days while he oversees a case involving five immigrants with active deportation orders. The Trump administration went through with the deportations as the planes were already airborne when Boasberg’s ruling came out.

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