One of the Supreme Court’s most liberal justices has sided with the administration of President Donald Trump in a deportation case. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denied a request from four Mexican nationals who asked the court to block their deportation orders so they could file an appeal.
“The petitioners, Fabian Lagunas Espinoza, Maria Angelica Flores Ulloa, and their two sons, were ordered to report to immigration officials on Thursday. Their legal team argued they face cartel violence if returned to Mexico,” the report said.
“According to their court filing, the family fled Guerrero, Mexico, in 2021, after being threatened by the Los Rojos drug cartel. The petition stated that cartel members demanded the family vacate their home within 24 hours or be killed,” it said.
The family also shared details of violence against other family members in their appeal, which was denied by an immigration judge.
The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed the decision in November 2023, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals validated the decision in February 2025.
“Petitioners face imminent removal and have been directed to report to immigration office on 4/17/2025, despite credible and detailed testimony and documentary evidence showing they are targets of cartel violence due to their family ties and refusal to comply with extortion demands,” LeRoy George, an attorney for the migrants, said in a petition to the court.
Kagan could have acted alone to keep the migrants in the United States or referred the case to the entire Supreme Court, choosing the former in denying the appeal without comment.
An expert legal analyst for Fox News said during a morning show segment on Thursday that she believes the federal judge at the center of a case involving a deported MS-13 gang member was “embarrassed” by a Supreme Court ruling taking the case out of his hands.
Kerri Urbahn also told “Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade that Chief Judge James Boasberg’s decision to hold Trump administration officials in contempt of his order to return El Salvador citizen Kilmar Abrego Garcia from a high-security prison back to the U.S. smacked of desperation.
“So this is an interesting situation. You know, I’m not surprised we’re here because this judge seemed determined from the outset to hold him in contempt. Frankly, Brian, when I was reading the decision yesterday, I felt like it seemed a little desperate. I think the guy is embarrassed,” Urbahn began.
“He made this a very public thing for weeks. I can’t help but wonder if he thought the chief justice [John Roberts] was going to ultimately back him because, don’t forget, he had put out – the chief justice had put out that statement warning Trump and others, like, don’t criticize the judges. Let us handle things in the normal course,” she continued.
“I don’t know if that emboldened Judge Boasberg,” but the Supreme Court “didn’t” support him, she said. “They vacated his order. Finding – this should have been heard in Texas. Not before you in D.C., Judge Boasberg but yet, to your point, is he still demanding that the government comply with the order.”
“His argument is, even though the Supreme Court found” the way it did, “you should have obeyed this before they issued the order,” Urbahn explained. “The DoJ’s argument is you should have never issued this in the first place. This wasn’t your authority. It’s inherently invalid. The fact he is saying now I’m going to hold you in contempt however you can cure and it by the way that’s where it gets interesting, Brian.
“The way he is saying they can get rid of this potential contempt situation is by complying with what the Supreme Court told them to do the tda members and other people deported on planes still need to have the process they would have had before they were removed which is going to be done in Texas via habeas petition where they challenge the removal. So it’s a little strange,” she added.
As we hopefully enjoy a relaxing Saturday here in the United States, our Air Force and Navy pilots, along with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), have been actively engaged in dismantling the theocratic regime in Iran. They are tackling this challenge with a strategic use of high explosives, showing that the USA and Israel are making it clear to the mullahs that President Trump wasn’t joking when he promised, just a day earlier, to strike them even harder:
Missiles rained on Iran Saturday after President Trump warned that the nation could face “complete destruction and certain death.”
The US and Israeli strikes centered on Tehran’s regime targets, such as military capabilities, leadership and nuclear program, as well as the sprawling Mehrabad International Airport.
Footage shared on social media captured a massive fireball and plumes of black smoke billowing from the airport, which housed the headquarters for Iran’s national carrier.
Is this the big hit President Trump promised? It sure looks like a lot of loyalists to the (now-defunct) regime are probably rethinking their stubbornness:
An Israeli attack destroyed 16 Iranian military aircraft that were being used by the Quds Force – the elite wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) — to send weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon, the IDF said.
The IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps) was using the airport as a “central hub for arming and funding” Iran’s proxies in the Middle East, the IDF claimed, adding that it also targeted several Iranian fighter jets.
Trump promised early Saturday that “Iran will be hit very hard,” and that the US was seeking new military targets to pressure the nation into submission.
“Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran’s bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Meanwhile, Iran is continuing to fire ordnance at their neighbors despite their sorta, kind of apology:
Iran retaliated with its own series of strikes on neighboring nations — despite an apology issued by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian for the ongoing attacks, suggesting Tehran’s political leadership could not exercise full command over the armed forces.
It’s important to pay attention to the last sentence: what’s left of the political and religious leadership in Tehran may no longer have control over the remaining military capabilities of Iran. This situation could lead to either positive or negative outcomes. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) oversees Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal, and they’ve been taking significant hits from both American and Israeli airstrikes; it wouldn’t be surprising if they were feeling quite frustrated about that. However, every missile they launch and every drone they deploy means one less in their inventory. On the other hand, the United States has ramped up munitions production significantly, something our industry has historically excelled at.
This could signal a regime on the verge of collapse, or perhaps it indicates that the IRGC is determined to stand firm and fight to the bitter end, which, frankly, aligns with their death-cult ideology.
The New York Post also released compelling before-and-after satellite images that clearly illustrate how these issues have been addressed, once again, through the effective use of high explosives.
It’s been a rough, rough weekend for the regime in Iran—or what remains of it. If whoever remains in charge still wants to ‘fight to the death,’ Trump seems willing to oblige them.