President Trump boarding Marine One this week. On Friday, the president announced another American attack on a boat in the Caribbean Sea that he said was “trafficking illicit narcotics.” He also posted a one-minute surveillance video showing a speedboat being blown up.
The president made the same declaration in 2020, but nothing came of it. His new declaration came amid broader threats against liberals after the Charlie Kirk killing.
The president said the vessel was heading to the United States, but he did not offer details about its location. Legal specialists condemned the action as illegal.
The White House argument that using military force was permissible under the laws of armed conflict has raised questions from many legal specialists, including retired top military lawyers.
Civil rights organizations and several U.S. citizens accused federal agents of engaging in “blatant racial profiling” by carrying out “indiscriminate immigration operations” with no individualized basis for suspicion.
The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to use military lawyers as temporary immigration judges in the Justice Department’s immigration courts.
The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad.
The U.S. guided-missile destroyer Sampson in Panama City on Tuesday. The Pentagon has been amassing a small armada of warships in the southern Caribbean.
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