Secretary Of State Marco RubioSecretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois raised their voices at each other during an exchange on Wednesday over the Trump administration’s foreign policy. Duckworth peppered Rubio on a number of topics, jumping from whether the United States was at war to if the United States was “torturing” people. Trump also invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to speed up the deportation of TdA members in March 2025. “What the president… was talking about are these gangs that have and these narco-trafficking groups that are waging war on the United States. READ: Chicago, Boston, And Minneapolis Mayors Join Forces To Block ICE“Every president retains the right to defend the United States against an imminent threat.