Trump administration deports hundreds under Alien Enemies Act despite judge’s pause | CNN Politics:
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Sunday that Democrats “stand strongly in support of the rule of law” in reference to the judge’s order, and warned against the potential impacts of the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation strategy.
“All of us within the Democratic Party, we oppose illegal immigration. We believe that if you’re a violent felon, you should be deported. But we also can’t go down this road that the Trump administration is taking us on and potentially deport American citizens, deport legal and lawful permanent residents and break up law abiding immigrant families who are contributing to this country,” he said, expressing the need for “comprehensive” immigration reform.
The idea that “all of us within the Democratic Party, we oppose illegal immigration” is laughable on its face. There has been zero evidence of that being true throughout the whole of the Biden term. Illegal immigration was the second most important issue among voters, so I get the pivot—and it’s a good one—but it’s difficult to claim much standing here for a creditable objection in light of the Democrats’ virtually open-borders policies of the last four years.