Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this column misspelled Stewart Rhodes’ name.

Arizona U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari did not travel all the way to El Salvador with other Democrats in Congress to talk about the criminals who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

But she should have.

Ansari and the others went to El Salvador to draw attention to President Donald Trump’s illegal use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to fast-track the deportations of suspected Venezuelan gang members to a notorious prison in that country.

There’s a simple comparison to be made between the U.S. Capitol rioters — who were indicted, represented by attorneys, received trials (if they wanted them), got convicted (and were then freed by Trump) — and the Venezuelans, who were rounded up and shipped out with no due process.

Criticism of Trump’s deportation policy ramped up after a Maryland man named Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported. The administration at first admitted it was a mistake. They’ve since changed their tune.

In El Salvador, Ansari said, “It isn’t just about Kilmar. It is the fact that our government is relentlessly going........

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