President Donald Trump just sent a message loud and clear: America is done being a dumping ground for the world’s worst criminals. Over the weekend, despite some Obama-appointed judge’s last-minute attempt at interference, Trump’s administration successfully deported 250 criminal illegal aliens back to El Salvador, and the footage of them getting off the planes was about as satisfying as it gets.
These weren’t just people who overstayed their visas or snuck across the border looking for work—these were the absolute worst of the worst. MS-13 gang members, violent criminals, child predators, and even members of the notorious Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua. You know, the kind of people that Biden and his open-borders crowd want to “welcome with compassion.” Funny how compassion always seems to come at the expense of American citizens, isn’t it?
Naturally, Trump wasted no time calling out Biden and the radical left for allowing these “monsters” into the country in the first place. He thanked El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele for working with his administration to make sure these criminals went exactly where they belonged: a massive Salvadoran mega-prison, not the streets of America. Meanwhile, the usual suspects in the media and the Democratic Party are throwing their predictable tantrums, clutching their pearls over Trump “defying” a court order.
Here’s a thought—maybe instead of worrying about whether or not these criminals should have been put back on a plane, we should be asking why they were here in the first place. If Biden had done his job, these deportations wouldn’t have even been necessary. Instead, his administration let the border turn into a free-for-all, allowing drug cartels, human traffickers, and gangs to waltz right in. Then, when it’s finally time to clean up the mess, Democrats want to cry about “process.” It’s almost as if they care more about protecting criminals than protecting the American people.
Fox News reporter Bill Melugin broke down just how bad these deportees were. Among them? Kidnappers, child sex abusers, armed robbers, and even those who assaulted police officers. In other words, exactly the type of people the Biden administration should have been deporting all along. But no, instead of doing that, they wasted time trying to stop Trump from sending them back.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was having none of it. She made it clear that Trump’s administration did not defy any lawful court order—because the order itself was completely baseless. As she pointed out, the Supreme Court has long held that a single activist judge doesn’t get to micromanage a president’s authority over foreign affairs or immigration enforcement. The deportations were already underway by the time the judge tried to intervene, and quite frankly, it’s about time that someone in the White House stopped treating these out-of-control federal judges like they have absolute power.
White House Press Secretary @karolineleavitt responds to allegations that the Trump admin violated a federal court order by not turning the deportation flights around:
“The Administration did not ‘refuse to comply’ with a court order. The order, which had no lawful basis, was…
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 16, 2025
And speaking of people who get things done—there are reports that none other than Stephen Miller had a hand in organizing the flights before the judge could step in. Classic. While the left wastes time handwringing, Miller and Trump make moves.
REPORT: Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller secretly orchestrated the Venezuelan gang members’ flights to El Salvador to get the criminals out of the country before an activist judge could take action.
Brilliant.
According to Axios, the Trump administration *ignored* the court… pic.twitter.com/oojJSyxWgL
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 16, 2025
Bukele, for his part, was more than happy to take these criminals off America’s hands, especially since many of them were already wanted for violent crimes back in El Salvador. In fact, he welcomed the deportations, making it clear that these criminals wouldn’t just be thrown back onto the streets—they’d be locked up, interrogated, and used to gather even more intelligence on MS-13 and Tren de Aragua. In one move, Trump helped clean up America’s streets and strengthened an alliance with a foreign leader who actually understands how to deal with crime. Imagine that.
“On this occasion, the U.S. has also sent us 23 MS-13 members wanted by Salvadoran justice, including two ringleaders. One of them is a member of the criminal organization’s highest structure. This will help us finalize intelligence gathering and go after the last remnants of MS-13, including its former and new members, money, weapons, drugs, hideouts, collaborators, and sponsors,” Bukele stated.
“As always, we continue advancing in the fight against organized crime. But this time, we are also helping our allies, making our prison system self-sustainable, and obtaining vital intelligence to make our country an even safer place. All in a single action. “May God bless El Salvador, and may God bless the United States.”
This entire situation just highlights the difference between leadership and whatever it is the Democrats have been doing for the past four years. Trump prioritizes American safety. Biden prioritizes political correctness. Trump enforces immigration law. Biden dismantles it. Trump takes action. Biden fumbles around, issues some halfhearted statement, and waits for CNN to tell him what to think.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 16, 2025
So yes, 250 violent criminals are now sitting in a Salvadoran prison instead of roaming the streets of America. And if that upsets the left? Well, that probably means it was the right thing to do.
