The Due Process Delusion: When Migrants Demand Rights They Don’t Have

Source: Town Hall
by Matt O’Brien

“As the Trump administration enforces the Immigration and Nationality Act, migrant advocates have repeatedly cried foul. Their most persistent claim has been that Team Trump is depriving aliens of due process before deporting them. … neither the Vera Institute, nor any of its allies seem to be able to articulate exactly what constitutional principles Team Trump is trampling upon. The result is a delusional belief that aliens who have been given every opportunity to have their immigration claims reviewed, still have not received due process. At its essence, ‘due process’ simply means the government has to follow the rules set forth in the Constitution before it deprives you of life, liberty or property. But the term has been rendered meaningless through overuse.” [editor’s note: Well, let’s see — reasonable bond and trial by jury come to mind – TLK] (08/20/25)

https://townhall.com/columnists/mattobrien/2025/08/20/the-due-process-delusion-when-migrants-demand-rights-they-dont-have-n2662069