White House Weighs Halting Habeas Corpus to Speed Deportations
TL;DR
Senior White House officials discussed suspending habeas corpus, a constitutional protection against unlawful detention, to accelerate mass deportations of undocumented immigrants; the idea, linked to Stephen Miller and encouraged by Trump, faced internal scrutiny, and legal experts say such a suspension would require Congress.
Topics:nationpolitics#constitutional-rights#executive-power#habeas-corpus#immigration-policy#politics#trump-administration
- What Is Habeas Corpus, the Basic Right That Trump Officials Have Discussed Suspending? The New York Times
- Frustrated by Courts, Trump Weighed Suspending a Constitutional Right The New York Times
- Trump team wanted to suspend Constitutional right to deport more immigrants, memo reveals Yahoo
- Trump Aides’ Civil War With Stephen Miller Exposed in Bombshell Leak The Daily Beast
- White House weighed suspending habeas corpus rights for undocumented immigrants: Book The Hill
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