In a stunning display of misplaced priorities, Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin has demanded that the Trump administration return hundreds of deported Venezuelan gang members—including violent criminals tied to Tren de Aragua and MS-13—back to the United States. During a recent hearing, Raskin outrageously claimed that deporting these dangerous individuals was a “blatant violation of American due process and all of our constitutional values.” His remarks reveal just how little the liberal establishment cares about the safety of American citizens, prioritizing the rights of foreign criminals over the security of our nation.
Raskin’s comments came in response to President Trump’s successful agreement with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, which ensures that illegal immigrants with gang ties are deported to one of El Salvador’s high-security mega-prisons. Rather than applauding this bold move to protect American communities, Raskin and his Democratic allies are fighting to bring these criminals back onto U.S. streets.
“I call on my colleagues to demand that the Trump Administration comply with all judicial orders while appealing whichever ones they want to appeal, and to demand the return of people unlawfully taken to El Salvador on that so-called plane full of ‘gang bangers,’” Raskin declared. His rhetoric ignores the fact that these individuals entered the country illegally and have been linked to some of the most violent criminal organizations in the Western Hemisphere.
Adding to the absurdity, Raskin also took aim at conservative criticism of activist judges, including Obama-appointed Judge James Boasberg, who has attempted to block these deportations. “I especially call on them today to denounce all violent threats, doxxing, online vilification, and threats against our judges,” Raskin lectured. Yet where was this concern when liberal activists doxxed and harassed conservative justices during the Supreme Court’s rulings on abortion and gun rights? The hypocrisy is glaring.
Raskin’s sudden concern for “civil disorder” is equally laughable. Just days ago, he blamed Republicans—and President Trump—for the ongoing attacks on Tesla vehicles, absurdly linking these acts of vandalism to Trump’s pardons of January 6 defendants. “This is the kind of civil disorder that has been unleashed in the country and licensed by Donald Trump, who pardoned more than 1,500 insurrectionists, including hundreds of people who violently assaulted our police officers,” Raskin told NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo. “So, that scene you’re showing me [of burning Teslas] makes me sick, not as sick as the attack on our police officers, but it’s in the same domain, and it’s all because of the same reason.”
This baseless accusation is yet another example of the left’s relentless smear campaign against Trump and his supporters. While Raskin feigns outrage over “threats to democracy,” he turns a blind eye to the left’s own violent rhetoric and lawlessness.
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Meanwhile, President Trump continues to take decisive action to secure the border, deport dangerous criminals, and restore law and order—exactly what Americans elected him to do.