Trump Says It’s ‘Not Possible’ to Give Every Deportee a Trial

The president says he is being ’stymied at every turn' by the courts, including the Supreme Court, on his use of the Alien Enemies Act.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One during the flight from Palm Beach to Joint Base Andrews, as he returns to the White House on April 13, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump on April 21 said that the U.S. government cannot provide a trial to every individual who is slated to be deported, responding to a recent Supreme Court ruling that temporarily barred the government from conducting removals of illegal immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act.

This was Trump’s first public comment on the issue since the Supreme Court on Saturday morning barred Trump from directing immigration officials to conduct more flights of illegal immigrants identified as gang members to a Salvadoran prison.