As Trump ignores order to return Abrego Garcia, right-wing media falsely claim undocumented immigrants have no due process rights

Right-wing media personalities have dismissed the importance of due process rights in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a Maryland resident with protected legal status who the government has admitted was wrongfully deported to El Salvador due to an “administrative error” — claiming that “it would literally take 1,000 years to give 10 million illegal immigrants one hour each of ‘due process,’” and lamenting that “if every MS-13 member goes through their own hearing, we’ll never get these guys out of here.” Others have claimed that “if you’re in the country illegally, you don’t get due process,” and said that noncitizens “do not have due process under the law like U.S. citizens do.”