The executive branch of the U.S. government has been “hamstrung” by the judiciary’s rules against President Donald Trump’s actions in office, including with rulings blocking him from the use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to allow the deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members, deputy press secretary Harrison Fields said on Newsmax Friday.
“The judiciary is trying to take away the Article II powers of the president, the chief executive of the executive branch,” Fields told “National Report.” “That is a fundamental constitutional crisis that the American people are witnessing.”
His comments came after Trump on Friday petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate an order barring his administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants to a prison in El Salvador.
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