US Seeks to Block Noem Contempt Hearings on Venezuelan Removals
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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Trump’s Immigration Policy:Kristi Noem during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Dec. 11.The Trump administration urged an appeals court to block a judge from holding hearings on whether Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and others were in contempt of court by deporting two plane loads of alleged Venezuelan gang members. US lawyers argued Friday that US District Judge James Boasberg has no constitutional authority to proceed with hearings he plans for Dec. 15 and 16 and compel testimony from current and former government attorneys. Boasberg has clashed repeatedly with President Donald Trump’s administration over the judge’s order on March 15 directing the return of planes carrying suspected Venezuelan gang members to a notorious El Salvador prison.