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    President Trump is using an 18th-century law — the Alien Enemies Act — to justify the deportation of hundreds of people he says are members of a vicious Venezuelan gang. That law was last used during World War II by the Roosevelt administration to justify the internment of Japanese Americans. The government later apologized for that action and paid reparations to the survivors who were detained, but not until 1988 in the last year of the Reagan administration.

      I sat in the recreation room of my cellblock on a recent February afternoon. Just a few feet away, confined to a wheelchair due to a leg injury, was Dominique Castile. He’s been incarcerated in New York for three years. He’s worried, as are a lot of other incarcerated people, about President Donald Trump’s desire to eliminate the Department of Education.

        One of the Biden administration’s worst failures was letting Iran’s terror proxies in Yemen shut down a crucial global shipping lane and shoot at the U.S. military with impunity. President Donald Trump sent a better message by ordering significant air strikes against the Houthis that are a step toward restoring deterrence in the region.

        If you're going to support earth-shaking changes in Washington that affect millions of lives, be prepared for the aftershocks back home. And be willing to face them squarely and honestly ... in person.

        "Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where have I gone wrong'," one of our all-time saddest sacks, Charlie Brown, once said. "Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'"

        The president continued his predilection for comforting the comfortable and afflicting the afflicted by lending the support to someone who least needs it — the world’s richest man — while erasing personal liberties, attacking allies and exacting retribution.

        Public-sector unions have long supported American workers, championing fair wages, reasonable hours and safe working conditions. While recent challenges — such as Utah’s repeal of collective bargaining rights for government employees — may seem daunting, they also are an opportunity to unite, educate the public and strengthen our resolve.

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