judge emmet sullivan ordered the government to return carmen and her daughter to the united states and called the deportation outrageous. carmen is a pseudonym for the mother and daughter who were denied asylum. >> she was pleading pervasive sexual abuse, domestic abuse, as well as gang violence, and she fled to this country seeking safety. >> carmen and 11 others are claiming domestic violence to get asylum. >> the vast majority of claims we see are not valid. >> reporter: the justice department is not commenting on the case. carmen and her daughter never got off the plane in el salvador. they were flown back to houston and sent to a detention center in south texas. and attorney general jeff sessions will be in houston later this morning. he'll be heading to the u.s. attorney's office to speak about reducing violent crime. anne-marie? >> lauwyeura podesta here in ne rk. thanks a lot, laura. >>> in southern california this morning there's a desperate battle to save hundreds of homes from a surging wildfire. it's closing in on lake elsinore where an evacuation order has been issued for

district judge emmet sullivan was told the mom and daughter were already on their way back to el salvador. reacting to the news, the judge said, this is pretty outrageous. somebody in pursuit of justice in a united states court is just spirited away while her attorneys are arguing for justice for her? he immediately ordered the government to turn their plane around and threatened contempt charges starting with attorney general jeff sessions if the situation isn't fixed. the aclu representing the pair tweeted, the mother and daughter are still going to have to fight the trump administration's illegal new asylum policy. they're challenging a recent policy change by the justice department that aims to speed up the removal of asylum seekers who fail to prove their cases. this comes just as the parents of first lady melania trump officially became u.s. citizens through a process the president has repeatedly criticized as chain migration. >> under the current broken system, a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives. >> the lottery system and chain migratio

. >> reporter: in his written order, emmet sullivan scolded attorney general jeff sessions sessions and ordered the d vernment to return carmen and her daughter to the united states. carmen is a pseudonym for the woman who, along with her daughter, was seeking asylum because of domestic abuse in el salvador. the a.c.l.u. was arguing their case in court and believed the stump administration had agreed to keep them in the u.s. until midnight tonight. attorney jennifer chang newell: >> reporter: but in the middle of hearing today, the a.c.l.u. found out the mother and daughter had been flown from texas back to el salvador. judge sullivan called the deportation "outrageous" and questioned why "someone seeking justice in u.s. court would be spirited away while her attorneys are arguing for hestice for her." sources say the government lied wed with the judge's orders, and carmen and her daughter never got off the plane in el salvador. instead, they were flown back to houston. earlier this year, the justice department made it more difficult for immigrants claiming to be victims of domestic or

emmet sullivan, the judge in the flynn case, the new judge, these guys know -- >> sean: sullivan g saidcide what's exculpatory. give me all of it. >> that's right. that is fortunate for these men. normally, that is not the case. normally, the prosecutors, federal prosecutors, sort of run rogue over these cases and when they do so, the judges sit back and let them do what they want. >> sean: if i'm on the jury, and i am listening to the defense asked, did you cut a deal with those guys over there? did a friend to put you in jail? did they say you are not going to go to jail if you do this? i'm dismissing that person. i don't believe you, if you cut a deal to get out of jail, you are basically bribed and paid. true ordodo false? >> you would do this, yes. but you have people sitting on a jury, and the prosecutor already has them -- >> sean: aren't they bribing witnesses? >> yes! >> sean: they are bribing witnesses? >> it's worse than that sometimes. they are bribing the witnesses to get them to testify but a lot of times -- >> sean: compose? >> it is what alan dershowitz said earlier. the

district judge emmet sullivan called the removal outrageous and threatened to hold attorney general jeffessions in contempt. aclu attorneys were notified of the removal of the woman and her daughter during recess and requested that the judge delay the deportation. upon arrival in el salvador, the pair was sent back to texas according to department of homeland security. >>> first lady melania trump's parents have become u.s. citizens. they took their citizenship in a private ceremony in new york city yesterday. an attorney for them told "the new york times" melania sponsored her parents for their green cards and that, quote, they applied for citizenship when they were eligible. their lawyer stressed that the immigrants did not get any special treatment. the first lady did not attend yesterday's ceremony and her office declined to comment. president trump has railed against immigrants' ability to sponsor family members, tweeting last november, quote, chain migration must end now. some people come in and they bring their whole family with them, who can be truly evil. not acceptable. trump h

district judge emmet sullivan this week halting the deportation of a mother and daughter, ordering themd states. the woman is fleeing sexual and gang violence according to a lawsuit filed in part by the american civil liberties union. the judge even threatened in all caps to hold attorney general jeff sessions in contempt of court for deporting a plaintiff in an ongoing case. the government's latest plan is for the state department to locate the deported parents. the aclu will then have to track them down and determine if they want reunification. if so, the government will be responsible for transporting the children back to their country of origin. coming up, charlottesville preparing for a tough anniversary this weekend as the city declares a state of emergency. we're taking a look at race relations in america one year after the violence in charlottesville. -morning. -morning. -what do we got? -keep an eye on that branch. might get windy. have a good shift. fire pit. last use -- 0600. i'd stay close. morning. ♪ get ready to switch. protected by flo. should say, "protected by alan and

during the proceedings u-s district court judge emmet sullivan was outraged at reports that one plaintiffng deported while their case was pending.the plaintiff is part of a case brought by the american civil liberties union -- challenging new restrictions to immigration policy brought on by attorney general jeff sessions.the federal judge issued an emergency order halting the deportation.... and threatened to hold attorney general jeff sessions in contempt, if his orders aren't followed.the lawsuit is in response to a recent decision by sessions making it almost impossible for victims of domestic violence and gangs to qualify for asylum in the u-s. (pam) a federal appeals court has ordered the e-p-a.... to ban a top selling pesticide. chlorpyrifos (clor-py-ri-fos) is widely sprayed on citrus fruits, apples and other crops. the 9th u.s public health... because scientific evidence found, even tiny amounts can harm the brains of babies. the product was banned once before, in an obama era rever- a administrator scott pruitt during the trump administration. the court's ruling, orders the e-p-a

district judge emmet g. sullivan >> and just to pick up on his personal reaction, i'm not happy about this at all. this is not acceptable. is this, is he an outlier? has this been the reaction in other cases that have ended up before federal judges? >> no, actually it hasn't, nicolle. it's a great request. dana sabra adjudicating the case about family separations here in california just last week called the government's plan or lack of a plan, i guess we should say, to reunite the remaining 572 kids that were separated from their parents by the trump administration, quote-unquote, unacceptable and quite literally in an hour and 15 minutes from now we're expecting the government to file -- because the judge ordered them in a separate case, a new point person to reunite the remaining 572 kids that are still out there over two months after we first got inside the facilities in south texas and got a look at what the separated kids have gone through. i just want to be really clear. these eight plaintiffs in this case were

district judge emmet sullivan called the removal pretty outrageous and threatened to hold attorney general jeff sessions in contempt. aclu attorneys were notified of the woman and her daughter during recess and requested the judge delay the deportation. upon arrival in el salvador the pair was sent back to texas, according to dhs. gene robinson, a floob pproblem persists despite all the media on this child's separation. still hundreds of children without their parents at the border. >> this is a crime. this is really a crime that has taken place. call it kidnapping, call it wafr y whatever you want. beyond outrageous that 559 children remain separated from their parents and that the government knows where, apparently, nearly 300 parents are, and have spoken with them, but has no plan to reunite the children with their parents. how can that be? how can that possibly be? and i believe, i hope, that since this administration wants to behave in this way, i hope other jumps, perhaps the judge in san diego in charge of that case, acts the way judge sullivan did and says, wait a minute. we have l