Judge James Boasberg – who ruled Wednesday that the administration showed “willful disregard” for his mid-March order halting deportation flights amid dispute over the legality of the removals – is the first judge to find “probable cause” of criminal contempt.

A federal judge is threatening to open a high-stakes contempt investigation into the Trump administration for deporting more than 200 Venezuelan migrants to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

New polls suggests voters are continuing to approve President Trump's immigration policies, as deportations ramp up, while having negative reaction on tariffs.

A spokeswoman for the presidency of El Salvador, Wendy Ramos, did not respond to requests for information about Senator Van Hollen’s meeting with Abrego Garcia, including whether he had been returned to the prison where American officials have said he is being held, the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT.

President Donald Trump has been testing the boundaries of his authority over US immigration policy since he began his second term of office, but he hinted at taking things to a new level when he said he’d support deporting US citizens to a prison in El Salvador.

Md., is in El Salvador to get answers about the wrongful deportation of a Maryland migrant by the Trump administration, he said in a video ahead of boarding a flight on Wednesday. Van Hollen said he had been planning the trip for the last few days and that he hopes to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in person and see his condition.