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TheCleric | 2 months ago

Ahh so the constitution doesn’t apply to non-citizens? The Supreme Court disagrees:

    There are literally millions of aliens within the jurisdiction of the United States. The Fifth Amendment, as well as the Fourteenth Amendment, protects every one of these persons from deprivation of life, liberty, or property without due process of law… Even one whose presence in this country is unlawful, involuntary, or transitory is entitled to that constitutional protection.

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snvzz|2 months ago

>(protects every one of these persons from deprivation of life, liberty, or property without)

>due process of law

Is being followed and, if appropriate, the foreign agent will be booted.

Currently, they are quite early in the process still.

saghm|2 months ago

Given how many people have been deported this year in violation of judicial orders, and how the secretary of the DHS earlier this year even testified to Congress that they thought "habeas corpus" was a right the president has to unilaterally deport people, I don't think it's unreasonable for people to be trying to get out in front of any potential unconstitutional deportations by arguing against them. If the fears turn out to be unfounded, that's a good thing.

lovich|2 months ago

Can you please tell us what the phrase “due process of law” means for you so that we are not talking past each other.

I am fairly certain I disagree with your point, but if I am going to disagree, I want to do so based off your opinions and not a strawman of yourself.