Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged MS-13 gang member and citizen from El Salvador, has become an avatar of The Resistance 2.0. The story of his deportation to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 has been twisted into an allegory for life under the second Trump administration. In the words of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y.: “Kilmar is all of us.”
Nevertheless, the Trump administration continues to plow forward with the application of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to remove criminal illegals from the country—even as lower court judges have tried to stop the practice and are now threatening the administration with criminal referrals.
Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy, has taken a primary role in arguing the administration’s justification for the use of the Alien Enemies Act. Miller’s argument centers on the…
