Trump Asks SCOTUS to Permit 'Alien Enemies Act' Deportations After Gang Members Threaten to Take Hostages in Detention Center
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Judge Backs Trump's Alien Enemies Act Use With New Conditions
Above: An aerial view of the entrance to the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson, Texas, where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun transferring illegal immigrant detainees under the Alien Enemies Act. Image copyright: Brandon Bell/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Republican narrative
Finally, a judge has ruled mostly correctly in a case involving the Alien Enemies Act, which is a necessary tool for protecting national security. Other lower-court judges have been off base. If the courts continue to hold up the administration's ability to protect the United States from criminals, it may be forced to suspend habeas corpus in order to strengthen national security.
Democratic narrative
This judge is off base after several other judges correctly noted that the United States is not at war and enacting the Alien Enemies Act is not appropriate. The administration's unprecedented peacetime use of the act is undermining fundamental due process rights and could lead to wrongful deportations of innocent individuals. This raises serious constitutional concerns.