'Nazis got better treatment' than deported migrants, federal judge says

Judge: Nazis treated better than Trump deportees

What happened U.S. District Judge James Boasberg Monday reaffirmed his order barring President Donald Trump from deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members without a hearing, under a controversial interpretation of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.Justice Department lawyers, invoking the state secrets privilege, refused to provide Boasberg any more information on dozens of Venezuelans flown to an El Salvador prison on March 15, after he had ordered the…

DC Circuit Judge Reminds Us We Were Nicer To *Literal Nazis* Than Venezuelan Nationals - Above the Law

When politicians talk about being “tough on crime,” there’s an unspoken understanding that what they mean is that they’re going to be tough on criminals. Given the presumption of innocence and notions of due process baked in to our judicial system, its been long understood that you had to prove that the “criminals” were actually criminals before you could get tough on them. The Trump administration decided to bypass all of that — “looking crimin…

Before the Washington Court of Appeal, the government sought the annulment of an injunction prohibiting their deportation under a 1798 law.

Judge to Trump: ‘Nazis got better treatment under Alien Enemies Act’

U.S. Circuit Court Judge Patricia Millett ripped Trump lawyers yesterday as they tried to get the Appeals Court to lift a block on rushed and illegal deportations under the centuries-old Alien Enemies Act. The administration shipped planes full of immigrants out of the country and into the Central American country of El Salvador. The president of El Salvador is a Trump-supporting fake “populist” garnering support for himself by portraying his go…

'Nazis got better treatment' than deported migrants, federal judge says

The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court to lift a judge's ruling stopping deportation flights for suspected Venezuelan gang members. The court has not yet given its ruling. The administration also invoked the state secrets privilege in relation to those flights. The administration said revealing passenger information from those flights would pose "diplomatic and national security concerns.” Full Story On Monday, March 24, attorney…

As families search for “disappeared” detainees, Appeals Court judge says Venezuelan migrants treated worse than Nazi agents were

Trump’s lawless and unconstitutional actions against migrants are likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court—packed with his own appointees.