Live updates: Trump faces backlash over deportations, Education Department
President Trump is dealing with backlash from Democrats in Congress, activists and judges as he ramps up deportations of migrants from the U.S.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg recently imposed a temporary order to halt deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century wartime law. Boasberg contended during Thursday’s hearing that the government “evaded” his deadline to fork over information about the deportations of migrants that were flown to El Salvador.
Trump and his close adviser Elon Musk have publicly blasted Boasberg and called for him to be impeached.
On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order to chart a path for abolishing the Department of Education (DOE). Although approval from Congress is needed to fully terminate the department, the president told Education Secretary Linda McMahon to achieve as much as she can on her end.
Then on Friday, the commander-in-chief announced that student loans will be taken care of by the Small Business Administration, an agency suffering from a 40 percent workforce cut.
McMahon previously said a massive reduction of the department’s workforce would be “the first step” toward totally dismantling the cabinet-level agency. She is set to appear on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is touring the country and drawing massive crowds of liberal voters who are expressing dissatisfaction with the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul the federal government. The progressive senator will be on ABC’s “This Week” where he will likely discuss what the Democratic Party needs to do next to regain its recent losses.
Plus, Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman (D); author and McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals & Institutions at Princeton Robert P. George will appear on NewsNation's "The Hill Sunday."
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