In the case of the Venezuelans, the DOJ is resisting the kind of meticulous review that it provided in Mahmoud Khalil’s case.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., February 12, 2025. Inset: Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University, left, and Salvadoran police officers escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang at the El Salvador International Airport in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, March 16, 2025.
Craig Hudson, Jeenah Moon/Reuters, Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via Reuters
What a remarkable contrast between the Trump Justice Department’s stances in the two big alien deportation cases in which there were major developments on Wednesday.
With respect to Mahmoud Khalil, the Justice Department took the position that it was essential for the court to understand minute-by-minute where the alien in question was. After all, the answer to the question of whether the Manhattan federal judge had jurisdiction over the alien hinged on this inquiry.
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Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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What a remarkable contrast between the Trump Justice Department’s stances in the two big alien deportation cases in which there were major developments on Wednesday.
With respect to Mahmoud Khalil, the Justice Department took the position that it was essential for the court to understand minute-by-minute where the alien in question was. After all, the answer to the question of whether the Manhattan federal judge had jurisdiction over the alien hinged on this inquiry.
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About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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