Homan dismisses Boasberg’s cause for criminal contempt over deporting migrants: ‘We did the right thing’

Published April 17, 2025 1:24pm ET



Border czar Tom Homan dismissed criticism of the Trump administration‘s immigration actions in recent weeks, saying he and the administration “stand by our guns.”

Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia found Trump administration officials in criminal contempt Wednesday, almost a month after he issued a ruling prohibiting deportation flights while overseeing a case involving five immigrants with active deportation orders. The Trump administration went through with the deportations, as planes were already airborne when Boasberg’s ruling came out. Flights were paused in the weeks that followed, but have now continued.

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