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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump team wanted to suspend Constitutional right in order to deport more immigrants, memo reveals

Frustrated with mounting losses in court, key officials in Donald Trump’s administration were seriously considering the suspension of a centuries-old constitutional right to speed up the president’s anti-immigration campaign to deport tens of thousands of people from the country.

An explosive secret memo last year appears to address concerns among White House officials about a plan to suspend habeas corpus, a fundamental due process right enshrined in the constitution to allow those detained by the government to challenge their imprisonment.

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