Government Notices to Migrants Fall Short of Due Process, Legal Experts Say
Venezuelan migrants were given English-only notices with limited time to file court challenges, according to a newly unsealed declaration.
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Venezuelan migrants were given English-only notices with limited time to file court challenges, according to a newly unsealed declaration.
Skepticism has grown of his efforts to expand his authority and of his handling of issues long seen as strengths for him, including the economy and immigration.
Voters think President Trump has gone too far in wielding his power. They see the start of his term as “scary” and “chaotic.” And while it’s still early, they disapprove of his handling of many issues.
It’s not easy to burn this much good will so fast, and it doesn’t usually get any easier from here.
An updated lawsuit filed in Washington was the latest in a flurry of suits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to send migrants to a prison in El Salvador.
A declaration by an ICE official says an English-language form was “read and explained” to the detainees and that they had “no less than 12 hours” to express the intent to challenge their deportations.
The case, involving a 20-year-old Venezuelan, comes on the heels of another legal battle over the fate of a different man wrongfully sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration.
White House officials are eschewing normal legal processes as they rush to ramp up deportations, saying there is no time to afford unauthorized immigrants any rights — and that they don’t deserve them anyway.
The president claimed that countries were sending their prisoners to the United States and that he needed to bypass the constitutional demands of due process to expel them quickly.
President Trump says he is powerless to retrieve a man who was deported because of an administrative error. But he has done so before.