In a special opening speech to students at the University of Alabama, President Donald Trump questioned how you provide due process to people who illegally enter the United States to denounce Trump for saying that the judge “interferes” with the judge who he worked to do his presidential work.
Trump's comments were posted the same day, with a federal judge permanently banning him from working to use the centuries-old Alien Enemy Act (AEA) to expel members of illegal foreign gangs.
"When you're reading, the court is trying to stop me from doing the job I'm elected," Trump said in a speech to the graduates. "They have to let us do the job voters want us to do. The judge is intervening, which is said to be based on due process. But how can you due process for people who are illegally entering our country? They want to due process. I don't know."
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President Donald Trump posted his opening address at the University of Alabama on Thursday, May 1, 2025 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (AP Newsroom)
Trump issued a declaration in March that advocated that Venezuelan gang Tren de Alaguya could be deported. Shortly thereafter, the Trump administration began expelling hundreds of suspected gang members, including one Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Opponents of Trump's deportation efforts insist that Abrego Garcia was illegally deported and not a member of the gang.
However, the evidence shows Abrego Garcia, who is involved in similar gang crimes.
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U.S. President Donald Trump commented on graduates at the Coleman Coliseum at the University of Alabama on May 11, 2025. Trump's remarks came the day before the official opening ceremony. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Abrego Garcia was involved in alleged human trafficking incidents in 2022, according to body cameras of Maryland soldiers. In the video, officials can be heard in the establishment case, namely, Abrego Garcia engaged in human smuggling, which soldiers call "drags" in the video.
Vice President JD Vance said in an interview with Fox News that the Trump administration is actively appealing federal court orders to prevent its deportation.
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"The judge did not make a decision on whether the Alien Enemy Act could be deployed," Vance told Fox News host Brett Baier. "I think the U.S. president is the one who determines whether the country has been invaded."