The Trump Administration and President Donald Trump's critics are having intense debates over his immigration policies and the federal courts. While Trump and his allies are accusing federal courts of exceeding their authority by blocking his immigration and deportation orders, critics are responding that the federal courts are doing exactly what they are supposed to do by playing a key role in the United States' system of checks and balances.
Now, the New York Times and CNN are reporting that according to a whistleblower, Erez Reuveni, Trump appointees at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) are planning to defy federal court orders on his immigration/deportation policy. Reuveni is a former DOJ lawyer who was fired, and Reuveni spoke out in a letter to members of Congress that CNN has obtained a copy of.
In an article published on Tuesday morning, June 24, CNN journalists Annie Grayer and Katelyn Polantz report, "The letter, which was sent to members of Congress and independent investigators within the executive branch on Tuesday, is likely to prompt greater scrutiny of Emil Bove, who has been serving as the principal associate deputy attorney general. Bove faces a Senate committee hearing on his nomination to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday. The whistleblower, Erez Reuveni, who worked on the case of the mistakenly deported immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, says Bove, in a March meeting, 'stated that DOJ would need to consider telling the courts f---...
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), an independent body that reviews scientific evidence to recommend which groups should receive vaccines and when, rarely makes headlines. Bu...