Saginaw Bay Area - Michigan | Mac46147 - 4/23/2025 21:04
It’s been a long time since high school government class but am I wrong in thinking that due process is a right that you get by being a US citizen? As in if you are not a citizen and here illegally then sorry about your luck?
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Some confuse the "person" with citizen (reasonable and most likely the original intent) or with human being. Slaves, while clearly human beings, were not considered persons and instead were property.
SCOTUS has made a couple rulings leading to the current definition of person being a human being currently residing within the US, whether legally or illegally.
Off the cuff example would be a person forcibly brought into the US for human trafficking, they should receive due process even though not a citizen and not here legally.
Regarding deportations, the courts have also ruled that there are varying degrees of "rights" or "due process" for those who are here illegally. Their "due process" does not or may not include public provided legal counsel at a court hearing.
Myself, I'm still learning on what is considered the minimum acceptable due process or rights in general for a person residing within the US illegally as well as what has been allowed under previous administrations and additionally what is actually being done under the current administration (ie is the required amount of due process being applied in actuality, not the discontent sowed by legacy media).
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