The Hill
Former White House ethics lawyer Norm Eisen on Monday went after the Trump administration over recent deportations, under scrutiny for potential defiance of court orders.
“Anderson, what have we come to as a country, if innocent people are being deported to a dark site in a foreign country without any due process whatsoever?” Eisen told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on his show, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite.
Eisen added that he had “filed a brief on behalf of almost two dozen conservatives who said this is a violation of conservative ideas going back century, limiting government power.”
On Monday, a federal appeals court judge slammed the Trump administration, which was seeking to remove a block on its swift deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.
“There were planeloads of people. There were no procedures in place to notify people. Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemies Act than has happened here,” U.S. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett said during Monday’s hearing.
President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act earlier this month, and swiftly deported over 200 migrants to El Salvador, who the administration claim are Venezuelan gang members.
Critics say the administration is blowing through constitutional due process protections.
