Justice Amy Coney Barrett attends President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
"While this Supreme Court victory for Trump allowing him to deport cartels is huge, it was only a 5-4 decision. Guess who joined the 3 liberal Justices to keep cartels here in America? Amy Coney Barrett," conservative influencer Rogan O’Handley, known as DC Draino on X, said in a post.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily briefing at the White House on March 17, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
Barrett is no stranger to the ire of Republicans, particularly Trump's most loyal base, as this isn't the first time she's bucked her conservative justices since joining the majority on the nation's highest court. She delivered a sharp dissent against a 6-3 ruling in 2024 that said the Justice Department went too far in charging Jan. 6 rioters at the U.S. Capitol with obstruction.
The Supreme Court on Monday granted Trump's request to vacate a lower court's ruling that barred the Trump administration from invoking the 1789 Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan nationals from the United States. The act allows the United States to remove "dangerous" immigrants during times of war. At least 261 migrants were deported last month, including more than 100 Venezuelans specifically under the 1789 law.
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Fox News Digital's Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.
Deirdre Heavey is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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