The Trump administration received pointed questions from a judge over how it’s implementing a rarely used wartime law to deport Venezuelans suspected of being Tren de Aragua gang members.
A president last invoked the Alien Enemies Act after the attack on Pearl Harbor, designating Japanese, German and Italian nationals as “alien enemies” during World War II.
“Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemies Act than what has happened here,” D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Patricia Millett said during a hearing at the court on Monday. “And they had hearing boards before they were removed.”
“People weren’t given notice. They weren’t told where they were going,” she said about the removal of Venezuelans and others to El Salvador this month.
Way back, long time ago, kids had shit protections. They could be treated worse than animals LEGALLY. That changed when a lawyer argued that exact fact: the family dog had more protections than little Tommy or Suzy. It’s just sad that legal citizens currently have fewer rights than the Nazis did in their due process.