Federal Judge Exposes Unlawful Deportations of Venezuelan Migrants Under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act

In a glaring display of unchecked executive power compromising fundamental American principles, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of several Venezuelan migrants wrongfully deported to a feared prison in El Salvador—at government expense. This ruling exposes how an outdated 18th-century law was misused as a pretext for denying due process and circumventing immigration law protections. How Did We Arrive at This Crisis of Justice? Under the guise of national security, President Trump’s team invoked the Alien Enemies Act, originally written during America’s infancy, to justify deporting 137 Venezuelan migrants suspected—without sufficient evidence—of...