Why the Trump DOJ Must Be Forthright in Its Deportation Court Clash

The department cannot afford to lose credibility, with so much on the line.

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President Donald Trump walks with Attorney General Pam Bondi as he visits the Department of Justice to address its workers, in Washington, D.C., March 14, 2025.

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Regular readers have no doubt detected that I am sympathetic to concerns that have been raised by Chief Judge James Boasberg, of the federal district court in Washington, D.C., regarding the process (or lack of same) by which more than 200 Venezuelan aliens were deported from the United States. There are two principal reasons for that.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

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Andrew C. McCarthy

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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