Trump’s Alien Enemies Act non-win

Published April 8, 2025 4:00pm ET



To hear White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller tell it, thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision Monday to lift Judge James Boasberg’s temporary restraining order, the Trump administration is free to start sending Venezuelans to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act today.

“This was a huge, I mean monumental victory for President Trump,” Miller said on Fox News after the decision. “Those monsters can now be hunted down and expelled from this country with speed, force, and efficiency.”

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