Right-wing media have decided undocumented migrants don't have the right to due process under the law
In recent weeks, the Trump administration has come under criticism for its decision to deport more than 200 Venezuelan migrants, who the White House alleged are undocumented gang members, to a prison in El Salvador. Controversy ensued when the Trump administration allegedly refused to return planes carrying the deportees after Washington, D.C., District Court Judge James Boasberg issued an order temporarily blocking the deportations after he verbally ordered the flights to turn around.
Right-wing influencers and pundits quickly came to the administration’s defense, falsely claiming undocumented migrants don’t have or deserve the right to due process. They also attempted to justify the elimination of due process rights, falsely claiming these rights “did not matter” for January 6 defendants and President Donald Trump.
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