Obama Judge Who Blocked Somali Deportations Just Changed Her Mind — After This Threat From GOP Lawmaker

He was right. The timing of Burroughs’ reversal — coming shortly after the impeachment articles were formally introduced — suggests that the prospect of congressional accountability sharpened her legal analysis considerably. Whether that accountability mechanism is the right way to discipline wayward district court judges is a legitimate debate. What isn’t a debate is the result: the deportations can proceed.

Ilhan Omar spent months railing against this outcome. She called the enforcement racist. She wrote letters demanding answers. Now the Obama judge has confirmed that TPS holders have no protected legal interest in the continuation of their status — and that ending TPS doesn’t violate anyone’s due-process rights because terminating TPS simply makes former beneficiaries potentially subject to future immigration enforcement.

The law is the law. It applies to everyone. Even in Massachusetts. Even when Ilhan Omar doesn’t like it.