When informed that the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution indeed makes clear that no person should “be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law,” Trump conceded that “it might say that” but added that it it would hold up the administration’s effort to deport all of the people targeted for removal. That law, passed in 1798 while the fledgling U.S. government worried over a “Quasi War” with France, can be invoked when the president concludes that “any invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign nation or government, and the President makes public proclamation of the event.” Once invoked, the president can order certain people from the invading nation to be expelled with very little due process. Trump’s proclamation invoking the act, “makes no reference to and in no manner suggests that a threat exists of an organized, armed group of individuals entering the United States at the direction of Venezuela to conquer the country or assume control over a portion of the nation,” Judge Rodriguez wrote in his order.
Author: Matthew Medsger
Published at: 2025-05-04 22:59:35
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