House GOP moves to impeach judge over Tren de Aragua deportation flights pause

House Republicans are filing impeachment articles against a “radical activist” district judge who temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan illegal immigrants, arguing he “gravely overstepped his authority.”

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) introduced impeachment articles on Tuesday after a week of criticizing James E. Boasberg, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Boasberg, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, temporarily blocked the administration’s deportation flights that President Donald Trump approved under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.