-Do non-citizens have the right to due process? - What is the Alien Enemies Act? - Ways to advocate for due process rights of non-citizens Due process is a fundamental right guaranteed by the U.S.

Bobbi Craig holds a sign related to due process during a “Hands Off!” protest against President Trump on the grounds of the Kentucky Capitol on April 5 in Frankfort. (Jon Cherry/AP) Anyone who’s ...

Anyone who’s paying even passing attention to the debate around President Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown has no doubt heard the term “due process” a lot. “I am not defending the man. I’m ...

The U.S. Constitution, legal experts and decades of court decisions agree: Immigrants in the U.S., regardless of how they entered the U.S., legally or illegally, have due process rights. The due ...

In early June 2025, Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina wrote an X post (archived) that read: "Due process is for citizens." Her comment had been viewed more than 2.4 million times as of ...

Former President Bill Clinton signed a 1996 law establishing expedited removal, a fast-track deportation that allows for deportations without going before an immigration judge. Although people’s due ...

Sir William Blackstone famously said that it is "better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer." The maxim expressed by that English jurist was perhaps no more popular in 1765 ...

In 2016, Maranda ODonnell was arrested in Harris County, Texas, which includes the city of Houston, for driving with a suspended license to her mother's house in order to pick up her 4-year-old ...

In the first months of his administration, President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened due process, a fundamental principle enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. His attacks have spanned from the ...