An appeals court has just ruled in favor of Donald Trump’s detention of illegal aliens, in a victory for the rule of law and American voters’ will.
Previous courts had ordered before this that the Trump administration release the illegal alien petitioners, and remand or at least provide them with bond hearings. In fact, as the fifth circuit court found, the government has no such obligation toward illegal aliens. The U.S. government does, of course, have the right to detain and then deport illegal aliens without the same processes that are secured specifically to citizens.
Circuit Judge Edith H. Jones handed down the decision on Feb. 6 after it came before her and Judges Duncan and Douglas. The decision is especially welcome after weeks of violent Democrat activism and domestic terrorism against immigration enforcement officers, particularly in sanctuary city Minneapolis.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem released a statement on X after the circuit court issued its ruling. “For months, activist judges have ordered the release of alien after alien based on the false claim that DHS was breaking the law,” she stated. “Today, the first court of appeals to address the question ruled that @DHSGov was right all along.” This is also a vindication of Noem personally, since Democrats have been aggressively demanding she resign pr face removal over alleged abuse of power.
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