A timeline of how the Trump administration raced to use the Alien Enemies Act yesterday

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Radley Balko
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This administration illegally denied hundreds of people due process, then deported them to a country they’ve never known, run by an authoritarian infamous for cruel treatment of prisoners.

They then deceived a federal judge to buy time for the planes to land so he couldn’t do anything about it.

This administration illegally denied hundreds of people due process, then deported them to a country they’ve never known, run by an authoritarian infamous for cruel treatment of prisoners.

They then deceived a federal judge to buy time for the planes to land so he couldn’t do anything about it.

— Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) 2025-03-16T14:33:18.379Z

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Adam Isacson‬ ‪@adamisacson.com‬
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A timeline of how the Trump administration raced to use the Alien Enemies Act yesterday, delivering 250 Venezuelan people to El Salvador's brutal prison system without any chance to defend themselves, just before a judge could stop the planes.
Saturday 3:51 PM Eastern:
Alien Enemies Act proclamation goes online
Saturday 4:30 PM Eastern:
Planes start landing in El Salvador
Saturday 5:00 PM Eastern: Hearing begins
Saturday 6:55 PM Eastern: Judge calls flights back, but they’ve landed in El Salvador
Sunday morning: Bukele and Rubio gloat over defying a judge just before his order, and imprisoning people without due process
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March 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM

Revised to reflect that planes were delayed—and may point to defiance of the temporary restraining order, as the planes may not have landed yet when it was issued.

— Adam Isacson (@adamisacson.com) 2025-03-16T14:44:02.963Z

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1. AFAIC...

Sunday morning: Bukele and Rubio gloat over defying a judge just before his order, and imprisoning people without due process

The earliest next timeline stop should include mention of U.S. Marshals, FBI, or other police authorities waking trump, musk, and rubio up out of sound sleep to take them in for booking on charges of (at the very least) Contempt of Court. Since they were bragging about denying due process to all these people and ragging on the judge, I'd hope the charges could be a bit more than simply Contempt of Court. Something about violating the Due Process clause in the Constitution as well as contempt toward the Constitution by actively ignoring carrying out its laws, as the Executive Office is tasked with doing.

We need to get serious about this crap, or he's just going to keep doing it and no one's going to be able to get him to go away. Just before he dies, he'll crown Don Jr, Eric, or Ivanka as the reigning lord.