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Stephen Miller Calls the Supreme Court's Alien Enemies Act Ruling a Monumental Victory for the Rule of Law, April 8, 2025

April 8, 2025 · The White House · 0:01:43

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What happened

Stephen Miller, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, responded on April 8, 2025, to the Supreme Court ruling that President Trump could enforce the Alien Enemies Act, according to the White House recording. Miller said, as he stated it, that the Department of Justice, FBI, DEA, ATF, the U.S. Marshals Service, Customs and Border Protection, Border Patrol, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement now have maximum authority to find and remove illegal alien gang members from Venezuela who, as he stated it, have been responsible for so much misery in this country. He called the ruling, as he stated it, a huge, monumental victory for President Trump — the biggest legal win of the administration so far — and a total embarrassment for Judge Boasberg, whom he accused, as he stated it, of trying to force the President to bring foreign alien terrorists back onto American soil.

Miller framed the ruling, as he stated it, as a victory for the rule of law, for the Constitution, and for the founding generation — noting, as he stated it, that John Adams signed the law into effect in 1798 — and for President Trump in fulfilling his mandate and campaign pledge. He said, as he stated it, that the gang members responsible for crimes he named, including the torture and murder of Jocelyn Nungaray and the slaying of Laken Riley, could now be hunted down and expelled with speed, force, and efficiency.

Why it matters

Miller’s statement is the White House’s own characterization of the Alien Enemies Act ruling — the legal theory and the enforcement mandate the administration took from it — delivered by the official who designed the immigration policy it protects.

Scoreboard watch

The Supreme Court ruling Miller described on April 8, 2025, and his stated characterization of its effect — maximum authority for federal agencies to remove Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act, as he stated it — are flagged for the scoreboard editor as a verdict-worthy legal event. No verdict is published from this page.

Sources: The White House, “Stephen Miller on Supreme Court Ruling: “This is a monumental, colossal victory for the rule of law””, 2025-04-08 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-04-08). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.