Trump repeats call to deprive undocumented migrants of due process
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- Summary deportations would avoid ‘long … legal process ’
- President insists suspension of rights ‘is the only real answer’
Donald Trump on Monday again issued a call to deprive undocumented immigrants of their right to due process , arguing that people trying to cross the border should be summarily deported without a trial or an appearance before a judge.
Trump’s sustained attacks on the American judicial system come amid extraordinary condemnation of his administration’s zero-tolerance enforcement policy at the southern border, which led to more than 2,300 children being separated from their families in recent months. Trump last week was pressured into halting his administration’s practice of separating families, in an abrupt reversal that overruled the views of his hardline advisers.
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Everyone IN the US, legal or illegal has a constitutional right to due process. This would be in court one second after Trump implemented it.
This is all so obviously Trump directly appealing to his "deplorables" many of whom have had wet dreams about dealing with brown foreigners in an extra- legal fashion.
Trump clearly believes he can rally his followers to a big turnout in November by directly appealing to their xenophobia.
Just saw a blurb on this on CBSN, way its being reported in that blurb is the law being used was passed by congress back in 1996 , and was signed the same year. And has been in use since.
If my understanding of the report is correct , it is used with those that Illegally cross the border , or those that show up without the required identity and medical documentation required for legal entry , they are being given the choice to voluntarily self deport, I would assume ( I know never assume anything) until such time they can get the required documentation , or go through the legal entry process.
I am not going to say that there isn't some coercion going on such as self deport yourself , or sit in jail waiting for a court date .
That would be the individuals choice IMHO.
Donald Trump is a cancer on this country, and this is just an example of it metastasizing.
We do already have an expedited process for people caught at or near the border. I think it's within 100 miles and if they've been in the country less than 2 weeks. There is a quick review, but those people don't have any special right to appear in front of a judge. That's probably as close as we'll get to eliminating process altogether.
The US Constitution disagrees with you. It covers all people on US soil, PERIOD. Illegal or not, they LEGALLY have the right to due process. Trump is either lying or stupid, you pick.
Where? The 5th Amendment prevents the government from depriving a person of life, liberty, or property without due process. So what's at stake here? Certainly not life or property. Arguably, it's only liberty, and all deportation accomplishes is send a foreign national back to his own country.
And what process would be due? Well, whatever is defined by Congress.
The Constitution gives Congress the authority to determine who can enter the country and who can be made a citizen. Article I, section 8, clause 4; Article I, section 8, clause 3; Article I, section 9, clause 1. See also, the Chinese Exclusion cases where the court found an inherent sovereign power to regulate immigration.
People who are not citizens of the United States have no right to be here without permission. If you don't have a right to something, the government doesn't owe you a process in depriving you of it.
Orange conman toddler in chief making shit up as he goes along. What an embarrassment to this Country.