Obama Appointed Judge Says ‘Nazis Got Better Treatment’ Than Gang Members Trump Deported

A federal appeals court judge appointed by President Barack Obama told a Justice Department attorney during a Monday argument that the United States gave “better treatment” to Nazis during World War II than the Trump administration gave members of Tren de Aragua (TdA).

After President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to speed up the deportation of TdA gang members March 15, United States District Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia issued an injunction, ordering the Trump administration to turn two planes carrying members of the gang to El Salvador around. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, while hearing oral arguments in defense of the president’s actions, asserted that Nazis were given a greater opportunity to dispute their removal from the U.S. than the supposed gang members.

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“There were planeloads of people. There were no procedures in place to notify people. Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemy Act than has happened here, where the proclamation required the promulgation of regulations,” Millett told a DOJ attorney. “And they had hearing boards before people were removed. And yet here there’s no there’s nothing in there about hearing boards. There’s no regulations. And nothing was adopted by the agency officials that were administering this.”