The Trump administration invoked the wartime Alien Enemies Act over the weekend, allowing for the swift deportation of 300 Venezuelan migrants it accused of being gang members to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Now, the administration is admitting that "many" of the deportees were actually hold no criminal record in the U.S., but is defending its decision to deport them anyway.
The administration conceded the fact in federal court documents, but doubled down on the decision to deport them claiming that crossing the border unlawfully is enough reason, according to a new report from the Miami Herald.
