"In this particular case, the judges are coloring way outside the law lines of their authority," Wilson said in an interview Tuesday. "They are inhibiting the ability of federal law enforcement to support the initiatives of state law enforcement."
"The judges are basically supporting foreign terrorist organizations over the public safety of the American citizen," Wilson added.
Miyares added that Trump acted "fully within his constitutional and statutory authority" when he did not ground airplanes deporting alleged migrant gang members back to El Salvador as requested by US Judge James E. Boasberg. Trump's Department of Justice cited the Alien Enemies Act – which gives him the ability to deport any illegal immigrant without a court prcoess – and filed an emergency petition in the D.C. appellate court urging the court to "halt this massive, unauthorized imposition" on the president's "authority to remove people that Defendants had determined to be members of TdA."
"TdA is a violent transnational criminal organization responsible for heinous crimes across the United States," Miyares said. "The law is clear, and so is our position."
TRUMP INVOKES WARTIME ALIEN ENEMIES ACT OF 1798 TO TARGET VIOLENT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT STREET GANGS
A prison guard transfers deportees from the U.S. to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on Sunday. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP)
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"Trump did a great job, and this administration did a great job of plugging the hole in the boat when they shut down the border, but all the water is still in the boat, and we're trying to bail it out, and the judges are trying to prevent us from doing that," Wilson said.
The Trump administration has designated Tren De Aragua a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
Republican attorneys general who signed the amicus brief represent the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and Utah.
Jamie Joseph is a U.S. Politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering transgender and culture issues, the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, and stateside legislative developments.
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