Federal judge James Boasberg is the target of an impeachment effort by President Trump and House Republicans after questioning the administration's decision to disregard an order. The big picture: A legal battle broke out in the White House after the chief judge of the D.

P resident Trump on Tuesday escalated his campaign to discredit judges who get in his way, calling on Congress to impeach the judge at the center of a legal fight over the deportation of hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador.

The federal judge who ruled against Donald Trump's deportation plans and is now facing White House calls for his impeachment is no stranger to politically fraught cases — including ones involving the president.