During a a hearing at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, Judge Patricia Millett asked pointed questions of The Fascist Felon’s (mis)administration over how it’s implementing a rarely used wartime law to deport Venezuelans suspected of being Tren de Aragua gang members.
At one point, she told lawyers with the Justice Department:
"Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemies Act than what has happened here. And they had hearing boards before they were removed.
People weren't given notice. They weren't told where they were going," she said about the removal of Venezuelans and others to El Salvador this month.
Judge Millett, and ‘Obama Judge’ appeared sympathetic to the arguments of immigrants rights groups who sought to block immediate deportations, but it is unclear which way Judge Karen Henderson, a George W. Bush appointee, was leaning.
The panel of three judges did not deliver a decision from the bench but could do so in the coming days.
Earlier in the day, Boasberg issued an order to keep in place his 14-day pause on the administration’s ability to deport anyone under the act.
"Because the named Plaintiffs dispute that they are members of Tren de Aragua, they may not be deported until a court has been able to decide the merits of their challenge," Boasberg wrote in his order. "Nor may any members of the provisionally certified class be removed until they have been given the opportunity to challenge their designations as well."
