Judge holds Trump administration in contempt for deporting an asylum seeker to El Salvador a second time

U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher of Maryland, a Trump appointee, ruled Friday, Sept. 25, that the government broke three of her orders by deporting a young man known in court as E.L.A.

• He had flown back voluntarily on Aug. 7 and turned himself in, then was deported again.
• She ordered him returned and barred his removal until his asylum claim is decided. An update is due Oct. 2.
• It is her second contempt finding in the case, after one in August. At least 107 people it protects were deported before their asylum claims were decided.