Democrats find their lost unity for a tough fight ahead

Congressional Democrats are finding a fighting spirit as Donald Trump and his administration defy court orders to return a wrongfully-deported man.

- John Bowden, The Independent

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation to El Salvador, which the Department of Homeland Security and Justice Department have admitted was an error, remains one of the biggest issues in Washington. A growing number of Democrats and legal experts now have the same prognosis: America is in a "constitutional crisis", as the White House and broader federal government ignore court orders to facilitate the return of a man officials have now spent days accusing, without a shred of real evidence, of being a gang member. And for the most part, the Democratic Party is unified and finally finding a voice.

Leaders of the opposition party came out this week with forceful statements demanding the Trump administration comply with the courts. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, on Wednesday, joined a handful of other Democratic senators in announcing that he'd place a hold on the administration's nominees for two key US attorney positions. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, whose chamber is not involved in the nomination process, took his own stand at a press conference in Brooklyn.

"The Trump administration has acknowledged [that Garcia's deportation was committed in error] and so they need to comply with the Supreme Court's directive or the Supreme Court needs to enforce its order aggressively, which should include contempt," said the House Democratic leader.