Senator Jim Justice said federal judges are "exceeding their powers beyond belief" after a series of injunctions temporarily halted parts of President Trump's immigration enforcement agenda, including deportation flights to El Salvador.
Justice made the remarks during an interview in which the host referenced a Wall Street Journal column and asked whether congressional or judicial reforms were needed. The host also cited a court order by a judge identified in the interview as "Bozborg" that had "temporarily successfully halted those deportation flights of criminal aliens" sent under the Alien Enemies Act and asked whether the judicial actions were stunting the president's agenda. The host said the matter was "on a fast track to the supreme court" and that the administration had asked the court to allow the flights to resume.
"There’s no question we’ve gotta do something," Justice said. "To say that they're politically motivated is the understatement of all time... these judges... are exceeding their powers beyond belief and and and literally could could could hamper a president that we elected overwhelmingly." He added that judicial delays could leave the country exposed if a violent criminal in the U.S. harmed a family while removals were held up: "What if a bad ... thing happens tonight to your family because of 1 of these criminals that is that's in our country that should never be here?"
The host framed the court orders as temporary relief that could be reversed by the Supreme Court, and noted the administration's request that removals resume. Justice said the Supreme Court route takes time and repeated his concern that delays have immediate public-safety consequences: "What if it's your family and every and and... it's happening to your family or my family today?"
The interview did not include new court filings, a Supreme Court order, or specific legislative steps proposed by Justice to address injunctions. The judge named in the interview was identified only as "Bozborg" and the statute referenced in the conversation was described as the "Alien Enemies Act."