![]() ![]() When asked about the president’s tweet, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders pointed to the process of “expedited removal,” which was created by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. In some cases, immigrants are not granted a hearing at all. But in reality, says, Andrew Arthur, a resident fellow in law and policy at the conservative Center for Immigration Studies, “courts of law run the gamut.” How it works in practice: Immigrants have the right to due process. In the ruling, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote “it is well established that the Fifth Amendment entitles aliens to due process of law in deportation proceedings.” The case led to an agreement requiring the government to release children to their parents, a relative or a licensed program within 20 days. Flores, the 1993 Supreme Court case that has returned to the spotlight with the surge in family separations. The issue of due process is at the heart of many immigration cases, including Reno v. What the law says: The Fifth Amendment states that “no person … shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” How those rights play out in practice is more complex. ![]() soil, whether or not they are a citizen.Īs a result, many of the basic rights, such as the freedom of religion and speech, the right to due process and equal protection under the law apply to citizens and noncitizens. Many parts of the Constitution use the term “people” or “person” rather than “citizen.” Rodriguez said those laws apply to everyone physically on U.S. “Most of the provisions of the Constitution apply on the basis of personhood and jurisdiction in the United States.” “Yes, without question,” said Cristina Rodriguez, a professor at Yale Law School. Constitution apply to undocumented immigrants? To answer those questions, we must start with a more basic question–does the U.S. ![]()
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