Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor has joined a coalition of state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to lift a nationwide restraining order preventing the immediate deportation of Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members.
This legal brief joining the side of President Donald Trump, amplifies the strong Republican support for Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expel the murderous Venezuelan gang members from US soil.
Taylor, along with attorneys general from 25 other states—including Virginia, South Carolina, Texas, and Florida—argues that the restraining order issued by US. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg is jeopardizing public safety and national security. The top legal minds from the 26 states say Trump’s executive order is rooted in “clear constitutional and statutory authority” and that blocking the deportations puts American lives at risk.
As a response to Boasberg’s actions, Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas has introduced articles of impeachment against Boasberg, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama. Trump, on TruthSocial, called Boasberg a “Radical Left Lunatic.”
In a retort, US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a public statement, saying that “impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision.”
Boasberg started the fight when he issued a temporary restraining order on Saturday to stop the removal of the violent gang members covered by Trump’s directive. But the jets carrying the TdA gang members had already left for El Salvador, which has agreed to take the gang members as prisoners for a fee. The planes had already left US airspace when the judge ordered them to turn around. They did not, but instead proceeded to El Salvador. Trump argued that the judge had no jurisdiction over international air space.
Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador responded to the judge. On X/Twitter, he wrote, “Oopsie. Too late.” Later he warned that the “U.S. is facing a judicial coup.”
That may be close to the truth.
Upon taking office, Trump had designated Tren de Aragua a foreign terrorist organization, alongside seven other Latin American cartels. The Trump Administration has prioritized removing these violent gangs from the country. Attorney General Jason Miyares of Virginia, who leads the coalition along with South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, emphasized the importance of the president’s directive in safeguarding the public, which they said is the first duty of government.
US. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is unhappy about the deportations and told a joint session of the Alaska Legislature that Trump’s actions were illegal and that the illegal immigrant criminal gang members were denied due process.
In Murkowski’s mind, all 20 million illegal immigrants are entitled to lengthy trials before they can be deported, and no president may deport those considered enemy combatants, like the Venezuelan gang is.
Trump is just itching to defy the Courts in spite of saying he won’t. When he does, it will be time to impeach him…for the third time.
That is a clear about face from you, where was this righteous zeal when Biden openly and clearly defies the Supreme Court with the student debt issue? I’m smelling a hypocrite here!!!
Ha ha. You’re a joke whidbey. Your president Joe just did last minute pardons on 1/2 his family and 2500 convicted felons. Who is the crook.? And as for you wonderful judges, the reason our city’s are awash with crime is they have failed to uphold the laws of the land. Not just a little failed. Completely failed.
I would have thought you would have learned at least a little about the ineffective use of the impeachment tool during his first rodeo.
Assassination attempts didnt work either.
Lisa: invite all these gang members to live in your backyard.
No, send Lisa to live in the gangs backyard. That way we are rid both.
Thank you AG Taylor. As for Princess Lisa, where was her concern for due process when the J6ers were thrown in prison?
Get these left wing judges out they are responsible for the destruction of our country. Lawlessness insanity going on all over our country has to stop.
What is not being discussed in this whole affair is the abuses that came from when this act was used during WW2. By using this act a president can sidestep existing laws for deportation or detention by simply stating an individual is a part of a “group” without providing any proof or evidence that an individual poses a real threat. No one actually wants dangerous illegal alien gang members to be able to stay in our country, but judicial oversight is the key element in preventing a president from using it abusively. Failure to allow and adhere to this oversight opens the doors wide for similar abuses like those during WW2. It is important to let go of tribal political affiliations and let our checks and balances system to function as intended.
Where were the checks and balances when these migrants deliberately violated immigration procedures?
How do you know they did? How do we know they are a member of this gang. The government will not tell us who was in the planes. They have shown no evidence of the their claims. I am not saying that I know the answer, it simply is impossible to know right now. This is why we need the court verifying that information. Be clear, this is not an attempt to shield someone that has broken the law from facing the consequences prescribed by our laws, only that the laws be followed. I would hope we can all agree on this.
My family doesn’t have the 20 years it would take for the courts to determine whether the millions of people who were allowed illegal entry across a completely open border for four years are safe enough to be on the streets.
How many murders and rapes by “newcomers” does it take to convince you they need to have background checks done prior to entry?
This situation would not have been created if President Biden would have followed the immigration laws and procedures to start with.
How would you know that immigration procesures were violated when they did not receive a due process hearingb under the law
The MS 13 tattoos on their necks are a good indication wouldn’t you say ??
“but judicial oversight is the key element in preventing a president from using it abusively.”
There is a difference between oversight (as in assessing if something is within the law) and meddling (as in outright telling the executive how to do things, like demanding to bring planes back or telling the treasury secretary he can’t look at his own agency’s data) that is an overreach by the judiciary, whose job it is to interpret law, not make it or enforce it.
These are co-equal branches of government, not a single superior institution where one un-elected person in a black robe gets to run the country the way they personally see fit (and make no mistake about it, that is EXACTLY what this and other judges are doing)
There are many illegals out there who already had a hearing, have a deportation order and simply won’t leave. Add to that the criminal element of these gangs, enforcement of deportation is long overdue.
It always happens to someone else ………………. Until “someone else” is You!
I’m more and more convince some of those who comment have not read and understood our Constitution.
Can you elaborate, please!
Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas has filed Articles of Impeachment against Boasberg. The judge’s daughter, Katherine Boasberg, works for a 501(3)(c) organization called “Partners for Justice” that gives legal advice to illegal alien criminals. The judge is clearly using his position for political activism. HUGE conflict of interest.
There is Nothing illegal about informing a person of their legal or constitutional Rights!
Pulling people off the streets without a hearing is how Hitler got started
Pulling people off the street with No I’d Frankie. Illegals. Only in America do we let anyone walk right in. This has to stop. It’s like this in no other country. If you are gang tattooed then you are guilty. Get them out of here anyway possible.
No Frank, Hitler got started in the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923 when he and his thugs tried to overthrow the Weimar Republic. He was charged with treason and went to prison for that. He used the time in prison to write his manifesto.
Watch videos of the arrival of prisoners in El Salvador. Their treatment reminded me of how prisoners were treated in Czarist and Stalinist Russia, in Nazi Germany, and in other dictatorships: blatantly anti-humanitarian. After our Administration assuring us early on that families wouldn’t be separated when deportations occurred, I’m hearing many reports that this is not happening, and family members are left behind after those detained are disappeared, often with no place to stay. What has happened to our system of laws? Get set for U.N. declarations against this inhuman behavior by what is quickly becoming a despotic and lawless Administration.
These men should have thought about the consequences before murdering and raping our citizens. It’s about time they had some accountability.
PJ–the government did not present any evidence that the deportee had committed crimes. The field director for the removal operation acknowledged the fact that few had any criminal record at all.
Entering the United States without permission is a crime.
But it was somehow completely ok when the previous administration blatantly violated our system of laws and brought planeloads and busloads of illegal aliens into our country…..
Gangs anti humanitarian ha ha you are a fool Jon. This is the same gang that chops people’s heads off and places it on the families front porch at night. The same gang that deals drugs and the same gang that rapes 8 year olds. They are animals not human.
It is always interesting to me that people, who rape murder and brutally torture others, receive more sympathy from some quarters than ANY of their victims every will.
El Salvador agreed to take any and all deported aliens regardless of nationality. They understand that these are very dangerous individuals. The US has no influence over how they are treated once they get there.
Considering that the UN is run by tin pot dictators, their “declarations” are very hollow indeed!
The promise to not separate families should never applied to criminals. It applies to family units, who have had their case heard and have a deportation order. What you are suggesting is equivalent to throwing the entire family in jail when one member committed a crime.
Roberts is pre-emptively surrendering before even getting a case he’s such a squish
Many are NOT… repeat Not Venezuelan gang members and some are U.S. citizens! ICE is So Desperate to hit their quota they are grabbing innocent people.