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#contempt-of-court

Willful disobedience of a court order or obstruction of court proceedings. When the executive branch defies judicial orders, it creates a constitutional crisis undermining the separation of powers and the rule of law.

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Updated January 20, 2021 Deportation to Torture
War Crime / Crime Against Humanity

Family Separation Continuation: Violating Federal Court Orders to Reunify Families

A federal judge in the ACLU's Ms. L. v. ICE case ordered the government to reunify all separated families within 30 days. The administration missed the deadline, admitted it lacked a tracking system, and was repeatedly held in contempt. Parents were deported without their children; children were 'lost' in the system; in some cases children remained in U.S. custody for years after their parents had been removed to their home countries. The ACLU's family tracking project located hundreds of deported parents who didn't know where their children were.

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