Judge Rules Trump Exceeded Authority by Holding Deportees at Guantánamo

Judge rules Trump exceeded authority by holding deportees at Guantánamo

A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration exceeded its authority in holding migrants designated for deportation at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Trump hit with court smackdown in bid to hold deportees in Guantánamo Bay

A federal judge said on Friday that President Donald Trump did not have the legal authority to hold immigrants at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility in Cuba before shipping them out for deportation, The New York Times reported.U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, did not immediately order the operation to be shut down, but denied the government's motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit brought by…