President Trump deported 238 gang members from the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, to El Salvador, because he said that these individuals posed a severe threat to the United States and are conducting “irregular warfare” against America.
Liberal judges are trying to use court orders to delay or stop President Trump from using his authority to protect America from domestic and foreign threats and deport criminal illegal aliens - which many are now calling a “Judicial Coup.”
The information on this is confusing and coming out in bits and pieces and I haven’t found anyone reporting the entire story - so I thought I’d do that. Here’s what I know so far:
Tren de Aragua (TdA) is a transnational criminal organization and Foreign Terrorist Organization from Communist Venezuela. It is believed to have over 5,000 members and has expanded throughout Latin America and the United States - with at least 300-1000 active members in America. The gang’s goal is to infiltrate countries and set up a base of operation for their criminal activity. El Paso, Texas is considered the gang’s “ground zero” in America while they spread out to Texas, Florida, New York, Colorado and other US states. Dark red is their confirmed presence in the Americas.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: “Maduro emptied his jails and sent his worst—Tren de Aragua—to attack us from within. It’s irregular warfare, folks, and I’m stopping it cold. This isn’t just crime—it’s warfare by a foreign enemy using gangs as their soldiers. Venezuela’s Communist dictator [Maduro] sent his Tren de Aragua thugs to wage war on America—Biden let them in, I’m sending them out!”
History shows that Communist leader of Venezuela, Nicholas Maduro, with direct ties to Communist China & the Mexican cartels, has been reluctant to take his gangsters back and also now claims that the gang doesn’t even exist anymore. This alone should give you pause.
Most thinking Americans are well aware that if you wanted to invade America you would set up shop in Communist Venezuela. This is not rocket science.
So, Trump’s plan bypassed Maduro’s nonsense and involved sending the TdA gangsters to El Salvador’s mega-prison, the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), under an agreement with President Nayib Bukele, who accepted them for a fee, reportedly $6 million for 300 migrants over a year. If America were to keep the illegal alien gangsters here on American soil - instead of deporting them - the cost to American taxpayers would be over $200 million, not $6 million.
So far, the illegal alien TdA gang members have been arrested hundreds of times in the US - for crimes including drug trafficking, human trafficking, sexual assault, terrorism, theft, murder, attempted murder and kidnapping. The murder victims so far include 22-year old Laken Riley of Georgia, 33-year old Arneaud-Petit in Texas, a retired police officer in Florida and the attempted murder of 2 New York police officers.
Tren de Aragua began in the early 2010s in Tocorón prison, located in Venezuela’s Aragua state, about 80 miles southwest of Caracas. It emerged under the leadership of “Niño Guerrero” who was imprisoned in 2005 for murdering a police officer.
By 2014, Guerrero and his associates had transformed the gang into a powerful “megabanda” within the prison. Under the “pran” system - where crime bosses run prisons with Maduro’s approval - Tren de Aragua turned Tocorón into a criminal headquarters, complete with a zoo, nightclub, and pool, funded by extortion, drug trafficking, and kidnappings.
In other words, the Communist dictator of Venezuela let TdA run the prison and live like Kings within it.
In September 2023, Maduro’s forces allegedly raided Tocorón with 11,000 troops, but Guerrero and key leaders escaped, possibly tipped off, and the gang’s operations have continued unabated across borders, including into the U.S.
Maduro’s United Socialist Party (PSUV) has denied that the gang exists anymore - right - but the President of El Salvador - Nayib Bukele - says that Maduro deliberately emptied his prisons and sent them north to invade and terrorize America.
The gang’s brutal tactics - torture, beheadings, maiming and burying victims alive - are well-documented in Latin America. President Trump does not want to allow that to continue and fester in the US.
To get them out quickly, President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a rarely used wartime statute that allows the president to detain, arrest, and deport noncitizens over 14 years old from a nation deemed an enemy during a declared war or when facing an “invasion or predatory incursion.” Historically, it was used during the War of 1812, World War I, and World War II.
It reads:
50 U.S.C. § 21 - Restraint, regulation, and removal of alien enemies:
"Whenever there is a declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or government, or any invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign nation or government, and the President makes public proclamation of the event, all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government, being of the age of fourteen years and upward, who shall be within the United States and not actually naturalized, shall be liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed as alien enemies.
The President is authorized, in any such event, by his proclamation thereof, or other public act, to direct the conduct to be observed, on the part of the United States, toward the aliens who become so liable; the manner and degree of the restraint to which they shall be subject and in what cases, and upon what security their residence shall be permitted, and to provide for the removal of those who, not being permitted to reside within the United States, refuse or neglect to depart therefrom; and to establish any other regulations which are found necessary in the premises and for the public safety."
On Friday, March 14, 2025, President Trump signed a proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act to deport members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
On Saturday, March 15, 2025 - this is the timeline of actions that followed in ET:
2:00 AM: ACLU and Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit on behalf of five Venezuelans.
9:40 AM: Judge James E. Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order halting deportations.
3:51 PM: The White House announced Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act.
5:25 PM: First deportation flight (G66143) departed from Harlingen, Texas.
6:47 PM: At an emergency hearing on the Alien Enemies Act, Boasberg demanded that the planes turn around.
7:37 PM: First deportation flight arrived in Honduras.
8:10 PM: Second deportation flight (G66145) arrived in Honduras.
11:39 PM: First deportation flight departed Honduras for El Salvador.
11:43 PM: Second deportation flight departed Honduras for El Salvador.
Sunday, March 16, 2025
12:10 AM: First deportation flight landed in El Salvador.
12:18 AM: Second deportation flight landed in El Salvador.
7:46 AM: El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele tweeted about the arrivals.
8:13 AM: Bukele announced that the U.S. paid El Salvador to detain 238 alleged gang members.
9:15 AM: White House Press Secretary announced the removal of nearly 300 "Tren De Aragua terrorists" to El Salvador.
During an emergency hearing, Boasberg blocked the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport non-citizens in custody, and when he was informed the planes were already airborne, he verbally ordered them returned to the U.S. at 6:46 p.m., saying, “Any plane containing these folks… needs to be returned to the United States… Make sure it’s complied with immediately.” The fake news made it sound like Boasberg did this long before Trump’s executive order took effect. More lies.
On March 16, the President of El Salvador posted a message and a video on Twitter (X.) You should watch this video if you haven’t seen it yet.
https://x.com/nayibbukele/status/1901245427216978290
BUKELE: “Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country. They were immediately transferred to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, for a period of one year (renewable).
As always, we continue advancing in the fight against organized crime. But this time, we are also helping our allies, making our prison system self-sustainable, and obtaining vital intelligence to make our country an even safer place. All in a single action. May God bless El Salvador, and may God bless the United States.”
On March 17, after the planes had landed and during a follow-up hearing, Boasberg accused DOJ lawyers of ignoring his order, rejecting their claim that verbal directives weren’t binding or that planes over international waters were beyond his jurisdiction. He called their arguments a “heck of a stretch” and extended the TRO for 14 days to litigate the law’s legality.
Here’s how President Trump responded to Boasberg’s actions:
PRESIDENT TRUMP: “This Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge, a troublemaker and agitator who was sadly appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, was not elected President - He didn’t WIN the popular VOTE (by a lot!), he didn’t WIN ALL SEVEN SWING STATES, he didn’t WIN 2,750 to 525 Counties, HE DIDN’T WIN ANYTHING!
I WON FOR MANY REASONS, IN AN OVERWHELMING MANDATE, BUT FIGHTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MAY HAVE BEEN THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR THIS HISTORIC VICTORY. I’m just doing what the VOTERS wanted me to do. This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!!
WE DON’T WANT VICIOUS, VIOLENT, AND DEMENTED CRIMINALS, MANY OF THEM DERANGED MURDERERS, IN OUR COUNTRY. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”
Strangely, right after that, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, responded to Trump’s actions issuing a rare public statement to defend Judge Boasberg:
“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi blasted Boasberg’s ruling as baseless, insisting the flights were lawful. Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) filed impeachment articles against Boasberg on March 18, joined by five GOP co-sponsors, calling him an “activist judge” guilty of “high crimes.” Elon Musk, Tom Fitton & Marco Rubio all defended Trump.
BONDI: "The underlying premise of these orders, is that the Judicial Branch is superior to the Executive Branch, particularly on non-legal matters involving foreign affairs and national security. The Government disagrees."
"The two branches are coequal, and the Court’s continued intrusions into the prerogatives of the Executive Branch should end."
Newt Gingrich, Alan Dershowitz and others weighed in with their remedies for Trump:
HAWLEY: "These are district courts, local federal courts, that are saying, 'I'm not just going to issue an order that says what the executive branch can or cannot do in my district, I'm going to issue an order that binds the executive branch for the entire nation.'"
"That is not a power that I think district courts have... what needs to happen is one of two things: Either the Supreme Court needs to intervene and make clear there's only one court that can issue rules for the whole country, that's the Supreme Court, that's why we only have one of them. And or, if they won't do that, Congress needs to legislate and make clear that district courts do not have the ability to issue these kinds of injunctions."
There are obviously lots of ways to stop rogue judges from overstepping but will SCOTUS and Congress take action? That remains to be seen. I’m not a Constitutional lawyer so I don’t know the answer - but I’m sure somebody does!
TRUMP: “If a President doesn’t have the right to throw murderers, and other criminals, out of our Country because a Radical Left Lunatic Judge wants to assume the role of President, then our Country is in very big trouble, and destined to fail!”
Why would SCOTUS Justice John Roberts defend Boasberg?
Judge Boasberg sat on the FISA Court from 2014 to 2021. Roberts appointed Boesberg to FISC. The FISA court illegally spied on Trump and his campaign.
SUNDANCE: “SCOTUS Justice Roberts will protect Boasberg, because Boasberg - who Roberts appointed to be presiding judge of the FISC - has major leverage over Roberts.
Boasberg appointed Mary McCord as amicus (adviser) to the FISC. There is a strong probability that McCord is active CIA.”
SUNDANCE: “McCord's husband, Sheldon Snook, was the key staff of Roberts and almost certainly the leaker of the Dobbs decision. Chief Justice Roberts had to hide that reality (which he did after the US Marshal investigation) because it put the leak inside his office. Boasberg knows this (and other stuff) and Roberts reacts to eyes on Boasberg from a defensive posture.
Mary McCord was acting head of the DOJ-NSD when she submitted the fraudulent FISA application. After Trump won the election, Roberts appointed Boasberg as presiding judge to run cover. Boasberg then appointed McCord to be amicus to the FISA court as a filter against the potential revelations from Inspector General Michael Horowitz who was granted oversight by Trump and reviewing the FISA application. Boasberg was not duped. He was in on it! Boasberg and Bill Barr both had/have the same role, to protect their respective institutions from the actions by those institutions. AG Barr to protect the DOJ, Presiding Boasberg to protect the FISC.”
In addition, don’t forget that Laura Ingraham & Mary McCord are old friends. What is their connection? CIA? Who knows but that’s why I trust no reporter and no talking head.
BTW - this is what Ingraham was trying to get Trump to do.
So Roberts is compromised and Boasberg is compromised. Loomer AND others say Boasberg is compromised in other ways.
LOOMER: Chief Judge Boasberg blocked the deportation of Tren de Aragua gang member’s without disclosing the fact that his daughter works for a 501c3 called “Partners For Justice” that gives criminal illegal aliens and gang members legal advice.
This is why I laugh when people tell me that President Trump should just be able to wave a wand and all will be fixed. There are 700 judges like Boasberg who can pull this crap over and over again and there are lots of enablers like Roberts & McCord & their media pals to help.
As I mentioned earlier, El Salvador’s President calls this a JUDICIAL COUP. It happened in his country so he knows what he’s talking about.
A judicial coup is when a country’s judiciary, typically its highest court, takes actions that significantly alter or undermine the democratic process, elected government, or constitutional order, often in a way that’s perceived as overstepping its legal authority.
Unlike a military coup, which involves force, a judicial coup uses legal mechanisms to take power and consolidate control and uses judges, who aren’t elected, to override the will of the people or their representatives.
Is what happened in El Salvador a judicial coup? No, Bukele impeached and removed corrupt judges that were obstructing his mandate to fix the country.
After Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas party won a supermajority in the February 2021 legislative elections, the new Congress, on May 1, 2021, voted to remove all five judges of the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Chamber and the Attorney General.
Bukele defended it as "cleaning our house" claiming the judges were corrupt and obstructed his mandate to fix the country.
BUKELE: "That’s exactly what judges were doing in El Salvador in 2021. So we impeached them all and then proceeded to fix the country."
Israel also didn’t exactly experience a "judicial coup" but it has faced similar dynamics. In 2023, the Netanyahu government pushed judicial reforms to limit the Supreme Court’s ability to strike down laws and control judicial appointments, arguing the liberal court’s activism undermined elected officials.
Other countries have faced events labeled as judicial coups:
Pakistan (2022) - The Supreme Court intervened in a political crisis when Prime Minister Imran Khan dissolved parliament to avoid a no-confidence vote.
Romania (2024) - On December 6, 2024, Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the presidential election results, citing irregularities. This sparked outrage across the political spectrum, with many labeling it a judicial coup.
Venezuela (2017) - The Supreme Court, packed with Communist loyalists to President Nicolás Maduro, stripped the opposition-led National Assembly of legislative powers, transferring them to itself. Labeled a judicial coup by critics, it effectively dissolved opposition.
Thailand (2008) - The Constitutional Court dissolved the ruling People’s Power Party (PPP) over electoral fraud, ousting PM Somchai Wongsawat and banning key politicians. Seen as a judicial coup backed by the military and monarchy, it shifted power.
So this isn’t the first time we’ve seen this scam and it won’t be the last. But, I hope that Team Trump has a plan to overcome and show the world how it’s done. We don’t have much time to waste. We can’t let the swamp delay and obstruct for another 4 years or we won’t have a country left.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: “Unlawful Nationwide Injunctions by Radical Left Judges could very well lead to the destruction of our Country! These people are Lunatics, who do not care, even a little bit, about the repercussions from their very dangerous and incorrect Decisions and Rulings. Lawyers endlessly search the United States for these Judges, and file lawsuits as quickly as they find them. It is then the obligation of Law abiding Agencies of Government to have these “Orders” overturned. The danger is unparalleled!
These Judges want to assume the Powers of the Presidency, without having to attain 80 Million Votes. They want all of the advantages with none of the risks. Again, a President has to be allowed to act quickly and decisively about such matters as returning murderers, drug lords, rapists, and other such type criminals back to their Homeland, or to other locations that will allow our Country to be SAFE. It is our goal to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and such a high aspiration can never be done if Radical and Highly Partisan Judges are allowed to stand in the way of JUSTICE.
STOP NATIONWIDE INJUNCTIONS NOW, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. If Justice Roberts and the United States Supreme Court do not fix this toxic and unprecedented situation IMMEDIATELY, our Country is in very serious trouble!”
GROK: “These nationwide injunctions aren’t explicitly authorized by any statute—they’ve evolved through judicial practice and their use has ballooned under Trump. The Supreme Court could curb this. Until the high court reins them in, there’s no strict legal cap on their scope. The Supreme Court hasn’t fully settled their limits, though Justices like Gorsuch and Thomas have grumbled they overstep, risking “one-judge vetoes” over national policy. The Supreme Court is the only body that can definitively rein them in. Gorsuch in 2018 called them “cosmic” and questioned their legitimacy; Thomas has said they “undermine core principles” of judicial restraint. Yet the Court hasn’t banned them outright.”
UPDATE:
MIKE DAVIS: "Dear President Trump, Please revoke Judge Boasberg’s security clearance. He has demonstrated he cannot be trusted with keeping secrets.
Here is the fatal flaw with DC Obama Judge Jeb Boasberg's order:
Even if these designated foreign terrorists are entitled to individual court review before their deportation, which is disputed, the DC court is not the proper court.
Judge Boasberg did not, and does not, have the power to do what he is purporting to do. For this reason alone, everything he is doing is lawless. But it is much worse; it is also dangerous.
Judge Boasberg ran to his courtroom to hold a Saturday hearing, even though he was not even serving as the emergency judge that weekend. (How did he get this case?) He publicly exposed an ongoing U.S. military, intelligence, and law-enforcement operation with an American ally dealing with the most vicious terrorists (Tren de Aragua) and international gang member (MS13) in the Western Hemisphere.
That public exposure put American and allied lives in grave danger.
Stunningly, Judge Boasberg even ordered the President to turn around planes full of terrorists over the Gulf of America, without knowing the fuel levels, the security footprint back in America, or other crucial operational details.
We saw the enormous security footprint in El Salvador. Why would we have had that same footprint in America, as who could have ever imagined an activist DC judge could or would order the President to return planes full of terrorists?
And not completing the mission would have humiliated and politically damaged El Salvador's president, who had hundreds of military, law-enforcement, and other officials awaiting--and who took a significant political and personal risk by agreeing to take these terrorists.
Judge Boasberg's Saturday hearing and order crossed the red line. But Judge Boasberg is doubling down by demanding details about the military operation, to which he is not entitled. Judge Boasberg says he has a security clearance, but he definitely does not have the need to know. And allowing judges to meddle in military operations like this is dangerous and unacceptable.
Foreign leaders are less likely to work with the President, if they fear an activist American judge may disclose their secrets. This harms the President’s ability to conduct foreign policy and his constitutional duty to keep us safe.
The President has a constitutional duty, as the chief executive officer and commander-in-chief, to conduct international affairs, repeal foreign invasion, and protect American lives. The President has a constitutional duty to ignore any clearly unlawful court order that imminently endangers American lives, like Judge Boasberg's orders.
Judge Boasberg is refusing to back down. So the House must move forward with impeachment proceedings for his lawless and dangerous sabotage of the President's core Article II powers."
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