In a dramatic display of political theater and policy enforcement, President Donald Trump took to social media to thank El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele after a stunning video showed hundreds of suspected migrant criminals being deported to Central America. The deportations, conducted under the controversial
Alien Enemies Act of 1798—a law that allows the removal of citizens and natives of an enemy country without a hearing—have ignited a firestorm of debate across the political spectrum