Thread by @sdooling

I’m at federal court in #Boston where lawyers are asking for more info about Shahab Dehghani Hossein Abadi’s removal from the U.S. last night.

@CBP denied him entry despite his student visa and removed him despite a federal order from a judge in Boston.

wbur.org/news/2020/01/2…

The hearing will hopefully clear up the timeline of events last night.

Lawyers for Abadi tell me the emergency stay was filed by Judge Burroughs around 9:22pm and Abadi was on a plane that departed for France around 10pm.

Judge Stearns begins by saying this case is moot since Abadi has already been removed.

Kerry Doyle, attorney for Abadi, asks judge to reconsider.

She says @SenMarkey’s office was in touch with @CBP and confirmed that Abadi’s flight did not leave until well after the emergency stay was issued.

Govt attorneys say he was removed BEFORE the order.

“There seems to be a history of CBP ignoring district court orders,” Doyle says, speaking specifically about #Boston ‘s CBP.

Stearns says since Abadi was never formally admitted into the U.S., he has no jurisdiction to ask him to be sent back.

Stearns doesn’t believe he has authority to order CBP to let Abadi return.

Determines the case moot and court is dismissed.

Lawyers for Abadi say they plan to file another motion on his behalf with Judge Alison Burroughs — she filed the emergency stay last night.

According to his attorneys, CBP denied Abadi entry & removed him from the U.S. b/c the agency believes he intended to stay permanently in the country, beyond the scope of his temporary student visa.

Unclear on the basis/ evidence of this finding from CBP.

Comment from @SenMarkey who himself was in direct contact last night with @CBP re Abadi’s removal: