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Here's How Trump Outsmarted the Judge Who Halted Deportations of Gang Members
PJ Media ^ | 03/17/2025 | Matt Margolis

Posted on 03/17/2025 1:10:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

In a masterful display of executive leadership, President Trump demonstrated exactly why Americans elected him to clean up the mess that the Biden administration left. While the Democrats and their handpicked activist judges continue their love affair with criminal illegal aliens and open borders, Trump took decisive action to protect American communities from violent Venezuelan gang members — and he did it with style.

Late Friday night, Trump quietly signed an executive order invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to target members of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang. By Saturday morning, when the news leaked, ICE flights were already preparing for takeoff, and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had already agreed to incarcerate them.

The liberal meltdown was immediate and predictable.

That’s when U.S. District Judge James Boasberg tried to play hero for the Left. He issued a temporary restraining order to halt the deportations and literally ordered the plane that was carrying over 200 gang members on their way to El Salvador to turn around.

Unfortunately for the judge, Trump's team was ten steps ahead.

By the time Boasberg issued his order, both flights were tracked near the Yucatan Peninsula, in international waters. According to Axios, “Inside the White House, officials discussed whether to order the planes to turn around. On advice from a team of administration lawyers, the administration pressed ahead.”

A senior official told Axios, “There were discussions about how far the judge's ruling can go under the circumstances and over international waters and, on advice of counsel, we proceeded with deporting these thugs.”

A second senior administration official told Axios that because the plane was already outside U.S. airspace, “We believe the order is not applicable.”

The Trump administration's legal team expertly navigated this situation, proving once again that decisive action trumps liberal obstruction.

(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: deportation; jamesboasberg; judge; judgewatch; rentagavel; rentajimmy; trendearagua
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Predictably, the Left is crying "constitutional crisis." Mark S. Zaid, a left-wing attorney whose practice focuses on national security law, freedom of speech constitutional claims, and government accountability, thinks it will lead to Democrats impeaching Trump.

Really? Over deporting violent gang members? Imagine being on the side of Venezuelan gang members.

This highlights exactly how far the Democratic Party has fallen — it's talking impeachment because Trump deported violent gang members.

Good luck with that.

1 posted on 03/17/2025 1:10:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Another 80-20 issue, with Democrats on the 20 side.

So now we see a liberal judge opposes deporting criminal gangs. Well, let Democrats and MSNBC talking heads defend this judge. Go for it.


2 posted on 03/17/2025 1:13:57 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: SeekAndFind

One perfect phone call should fix this....


3 posted on 03/17/2025 1:14:04 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: SeekAndFind

I think this is absolutely the hill Democrats should choose to die upon. I commend them on their loyalty to cause but I will revel in witnessing their demise.


4 posted on 03/17/2025 1:15:57 PM PDT by paulcissa (Politicians want you disarmed because they intend on doing things you would shoot them for.)
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To: SeekAndFind

He could throw the judge in prison for aiding and abetting terrorists. These cute victories do nothing to stop these petulant little wannabe Presidents. It actually shows Trump needs to go to great lengths in order to sidestep these illegal orders.


5 posted on 03/17/2025 1:15:58 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
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To: SeekAndFind

“”” thinks it will lead to Democrats impeaching Trump. “””

Go for it.


6 posted on 03/17/2025 1:15:59 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: SeekAndFind

Brilliant.


7 posted on 03/17/2025 1:16:13 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump/Bondi response to “judge.”

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.24.0_2.pdf


8 posted on 03/17/2025 1:17:48 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: shelterguy

“”” thinks it will lead to Democrats impeaching Trump. “””

Go for it.

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It’s a losing position.

Impeach Trump for trying to remove gang members?
Who would actually be for protecting them besides batcrazy lefties with TDS?


9 posted on 03/17/2025 1:18:15 PM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: SeekAndFind

The judge is holding a show cause hearing right now on this, demanding that the administration show whether they obeyed his order.


10 posted on 03/17/2025 1:18:23 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: SeekAndFind

From where did the plane depart?


11 posted on 03/17/2025 1:19:43 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Constitution is clearly on Trump’s side (U.S. Const., Art. VI, Sec. 4).

Illegal immigration is invasion - no difference.


12 posted on 03/17/2025 1:21:18 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

A lot of the issues of the Left are not even 80/20. I think men competing against women is 90/10. And, yet, they’ll go to the wall. I look at things like Queers for Palestine and my jaw drops. I came across this by Whatfalist(?). It’s on this subject and worth a watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQfNRC_OWYA


13 posted on 03/17/2025 1:21:58 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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Maybe they think an impeachment will hurt Trump in his next election. Oh wait.... I think they are so stuck on stupid right now that I wouldn’t doubt they would try.


14 posted on 03/17/2025 1:23:03 PM PDT by shelterguy
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> thinks it will lead to Democrats impeaching Trump <

Give me maybe 2 for 1 odds, and I’d bet that will eventually happen. Every Democrat in the House of Representatives would vote for it. Then only a few RINO votes would be needed.

It would fail in the Senate due to a lack of 2/3 majority.

Now here’s the thing. Trump was already impeached twice. And he’s still roaring ahead with his agenda. And the 2024 voters understood just what a farce those impeachments were.

So no worries.


15 posted on 03/17/2025 1:23:48 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: circlecity

The problem is this leaked in the first place. The smart way would be to let Bukele announce the incarceration with hours old video.....thanking President Trump for the cooperation in fighting crime.

Don’t even give the libtards the chance to fight back.


16 posted on 03/17/2025 1:25:51 PM PDT by SteelPSUGOP (UGHT)
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To: SeekAndFind

This whole thing is absolutely great! Send the big message to gang members: self deport or go to one of the nastiest prisons on the planet


17 posted on 03/17/2025 1:27:10 PM PDT by Bulwinkle (Bulwinkle, a.k.a. Daffy Duck )
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To: shelterguy

That’s a great point.

Not only do they have no political points to win by impeaching him, they accomplish nothing electorally like they wanted to in his first term.

At the very most, an impeachment creates an impediment for his time.
Also, ever underestimate how much these individual democrats love to use high profile proceedings to grand-stand on TV


18 posted on 03/17/2025 1:28:18 PM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: HYPOCRACY

Newt Gingrich
@newtgingrich
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15h
Those upset by the emerging dictatorship of district court justices behaving as though they were president should read the Judiciary Act of 1802. Jefferson and his party completely revised the court system and abolished a series of federalist judges they deemed illegitimate. A warning to the current out of control judiciary.


19 posted on 03/17/2025 1:28:30 PM PDT by chuck allen
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To: SeekAndFind

“The liberal meltdown was immediate and predictable.”

What is WRONG with these people? They hate Trump more than they love their families and their country.

TDS really IS a mental disorder.


20 posted on 03/17/2025 1:29:03 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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