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An activist judge has ordered the Trump Administration to halt the deportation of illegal gang members. As in, he ordered the planes carrying criminals and Tren de Aragua gang members to be RETURNED to the United States.
A federal judge barred President Donald Trump on Saturday from using a wartime powers act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members without a hearing, ordering the administration to turn around any planes that had already taken off after the Alien Enemies Act quietly went into effect.
Trump signed a proclamation Friday to deploy the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 for the first time since World War II to swiftly remove Venezuelansallegedly involved in the transnational gang known as Tren de Aragua. The act has been used only three times before to bar citizens of hostile enemy governments from the United States, and only during a declared war. The White House kept the proclamation under wraps until after advocates for immigrants sued Saturday, fearing he was already sweeping immigrants out of the country.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed immigration officials had “arrested nearly 300 Tren de Aragua terrorists” over the weekend and sent them to El Salvador. The country’s president, Nayib Bukele, said that 238 members of the transnational Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and 23 members of the Salvadoran MS-13 gang had already arrived in El Salvador and were in his custody, with a social media post responding to the judge’s ruling that said “Oopsie, too late,” followed by a laughing emoji.
The lawsuits were filed before the proclamation had been issued. These criminals who’ve contributed nothing but fear and a rise in crime in the communities they landed in don’t, according to all the bleeding heart organizations advocating for them, deserve to be deported. It’s just amazing to me that criminals are coddled and their crimes are excused.
Then again, many organizations involved were the same that were totally fine with all the George Floyd riots, the Portland CHAZ crap, and have been completely fine with the non-existent borders for the last four years.
Trump flying a planeload of foreign terrorists out of the country: Illegal
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) March 16, 2025
Biden flying planeloads of illegals into the country: No problem pic.twitter.com/fjcbWjG2hu
They along with the media – even local media (hello 9News in Denver!), plus city and state governments (Aurora, Boston, New York, MA) have done their level best to keep illegal criminals here in the U.S. instead of deporting them.
And now we have an activist judge, James Boasberg, with an interesting history involving Russia collusion, trying to throw another wrench in the works.
“A brief delay in their removal does not cause the government any harm,” he said, noting that the detainees will remain in government custody.
What an asinine statement to make. ANYONE who commits a crime causes harm to the community and thus the government. It’s infuriatingly mind-boggling to me that Judge Boasberg and so many others willfully ignore that reality.
Keep in mind, the Tren de Aragua is as vicious or worse than MS-13. They are involved with human, weapons, and drug trafficking. They commit crimes including murder, assault, and extortion. Yet those organizations and Judge Boasberg believe those criminals should STAY here in the U.S. and won’t cause any harm to American citizens!
It seems that Judge James Boasberg is completely ignoring the fact that Tren de Aragua, MS-13 and others were designated as terrorist organizations last month by President Trump.
The notorious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, the brutal MS-13 organization, and half a dozen Mexican cartels have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the State Department.
The announcement, dated Feb. 6 and published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, prohibits Americans from providing “material support or resources” to the organizations — and allows the US to deport those involved in the gangs.
In addition to Tren de Aragua and MS-13, the cartels given the designations include Cartel de Sinaloa, formerly led by notorious drug lord “El Chapo“; Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, Carteles Unidos, Cartel del Noreste, Cartel del Golfo and La Nueva Familia Michoacana.
You come here to the United States illegally, you’ve committed the first crime. You commit additional crimes here, you absolutely should be deported. Period.
Millions of people flooded across our border for four years. The Border Patrol and ICE were unable to, and even ordered NOT to vet the border crossers. Which has definitely led to high concern regarding who is in our country and what are they planning? We don’t even have a number regarding those who slipped through, the gotaways.
Yet we have mayors from Boston, Denver, Chicago, and New York among others who claim their communities aren’t impacted by crimes committed by people here illegally. I’m sure they were thrilled about Judge Boasberg’s activist order, which the DOJ has immediately appealed.
They are doing everything they can to keep violent, criminal, illegal invaders from being deported, an that should really bother people. https://t.co/32bBMHvky9
— Arthur Frelling Dent (@ArthurFrDent) March 16, 2025
It sure as hell bothers me. And it absolutely should bother everyone else. Except for those who are evidently VERY willing to provide aid and comfort to criminals.
“The United States is not at war, nor has it been invaded. The president’s anticipated invocation of wartime authority — which is not needed to conduct lawful immigration enforcement operations — is the latest step in an accelerating authoritarian playbook,” said Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward. “From improperly apprehending American citizens, to violating the ability of communities to peacefully worship, to now improperly trying to invoke a law that is responsible for some of our nation’s most shameful actions, this administration’s immigration agenda is as lawless as it is harmful.”
Evidently Skye has been living under all the rocks for the last four years.
The fact is, there ARE laws in the United States that govern the behavior of not only American citizens, but also those here illegally. You break the law by coming here illegally AND break additional laws must and should mean consequences including deportation must be the norm. Period.
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Scott says: OK, don’t deport TdA members. Send them to Skyes house, as well as the mayor’s, etc mentioned above. If they have filed a suit, or otherwise worked to prevent rhe deportation of these animals, FORCE them to house them. No way it lasts even a week, before they’re all victims of these thugs, and dead because of it, or change their tune.
Barring that, screw em all!
Wfjag says: Since 238 TdA and 13 MS-13 (including some wanted by El Salvador) had already arrived in El Salvador and been incarcerated by that government, will the Judge decide that he can order El Salvador to return them? After all, what’s sovereign immunity to a globalist in a black robe?
Cameron says: There are a lot of judges that need to be impeached and removed from the bench. This nonsense has gone on long enough.
GWB says: fearing he was already sweeping immigrants invaders out of the country
FIFY, WaPo.
It’s just amazing to me that criminals are coddled and their crimes are excused.
Yes, that’s disturbing. But we need to keep a close eye on all of these actions to ensure due process is applied where it should be. That system protects the criminal AND the innocent, and we need to make sure we don’t let it get out of control – or it will be used on us. Remember “If you haven’t done anything wrong, you shouldn’t worry”?
Having said that, yes, these guys should be booted unceremoniously. (All the ones they processed had criminal records, as far as I know, and there’s nothing a court can say about kicking them out.)
“A brief delay in their removal does not cause the government any harm,”
Except for removing resources to grab and deport more of them, correct. And if it would be taken care of in 2 or 3 days, I wouldn’t be against it. Well, it would also have to have a Constitutionally-minded judge in charge of things – one that recognized Executive authority.
believe those criminals should STAY here in the U.S.
He might be arguing that, but not in what you quote. Don’t get all hyper-rhetorical with this. Fight the actual things he’s claiming, not the things he isn’t. He is arguing for “due process” and whether Trump is rightly applying a law. (He might have an ulterior motive, but motive is never an element of a crime. Except “hate crimes” – which is why those are evil.)
You commit additional crimes here, you absolutely should be deported.
There’s still due process associated with that. Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to try and get around some of the due process stuff so the courts couldn’t bog it down.
They are doing everything they can to keep violent, criminal, illegal invaders from being deported
Absolutely right. And the problem is they’re using our own laws against us to do so. What we need to do is be very careful and stay within some broad lines, so that we can justify impeaching all of the lawfare justices with their violations of their oaths bright and clear.
The United States is not at war, nor has it been invaded.
Ah, you see, THAT argument won’t hold up under the bright light of numerous facts. Including that Venezuela emptied their prisons and sent them north to the US. That sure sounds like an invasion to me, and to every normal person in America. (Also, reference my very first comment, above.)
A reader says: Newsflash: due process applies to EVERYONE. People who are here, with or without documentation, through refugee status, green card, or visa, etc. all deserve due process. Pull out your pocket constitution and reread the 5th Amendment and notice that it says. and I quote: “No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” It doesn’t specify citizenship. In fact this has been argued before the Supreme Court regarding a Japanese immigrant in 1903, among other cases.
Shipping people off to another country without any proof that they’ve committed a crime is illegal. Full stop. In fact ICE said in a sworn statement that these people had never been convicted of a crime or charged with anything. The judge is literally following the law. I love how you’re quick to be ok with people who a) aren’t white and b) aren’t citizens being illegally shipped off. Oh that’s not fascistic AT ALL. /sarcasm font.
You do realize that a white German green card holder was detained by ICE, right? Green card holders are here legally and are on a path to citizenship. They also deserve due process. Again, he’s white. Isn’t that the kind of immigrant you lot want here? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna196714
And they’re doing it to citizens too: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna195406
If it can happen to these people it can happen to anyone. The lawyer for the government told the judge that the president even has jurisdiction over international waters in regards to the plane with the men turning around. They’re basically saying he’s a king.
These men were shipped off to what is essentially a concentration camp in Venezuela. And yet you’re like “Go, go, go!” I think it’s quite clear where you’d stand circa 1933 in Germany.
(Oh and we’re not at war with Venezuela or any of the other countries he’s shipping them off to. Congress hasn’t declared war on them yet. Your argument there is laughable and incredibly ironic considering apparently one of the writers for this blog literally had family members who are Japanese Americans put in concentration camps after Pearl Harbor. Yup, it’s the same exact law being used, only that time we were actually at war! And we had to later apologize and give restitution because due process rights were violated!)
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