Inspector General: Customs Officials May Have Violated Court Order While Enforcing Trump's Travel Ban

WASHINGTON ― Customs officials violated a federal court order if they intentionally blocked lawyers from reaching detainees while enforcing President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban last month, the top watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday.

If U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers knowingly violated a court order, that “would be, in my view, misconduct,” said DHS Inspector General John Roth, a former federal prosecutor who assumed his post under the Obama administration.