Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, told Newsmax on Monday that the federal judges, most appointed by Democrat presidents, who have temporarily halted policies by President Donald Trump, including the mass deportation of violent illegal immigrants, are a threat to democracy.

Gill last week introduced impeachment articles against U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, a Barack Obama appointee, who on March 16 ordered flights deporting more than 250 illegal immigrants believed to be members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua halted and returned to the U.S.

The Trump administration did not turn the planes around. Boasberg on Monday denied the Trump administration’s request to set aside a temporary ban on the deportations that Trump called for under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.

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