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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Justin Baragona

Fox News suggests getting rid of due process for immigrants because it’s too hard

Several Fox News hosts on Monday morning suggested that immigrants being deported by the Trump administration shouldn’t be afforded due process because it is too cumbersome, saying “it’s not practical” due to the number of migrants in the country.

Last week, President Donald Trump deported hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members to an El Salvador prison by invoking the Alien Enemies Act, an obscure 18th-century law that gives wartime authority to deport noncitizens with little due process. The president has argued that the gang Tren de Aragua is a “hybrid criminal state” that is at war with the United States.

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