House Republicans Defy Law, Attempt to Authorize ICE Deportation of US Citizens
Despite Democratic efforts to prevent deportations without due process, amendments to a budget bill aimed at barring ICE from such actions, including the deportation of U.S. citizens, failed to pass the House Judiciary Committee. These amendments followed President Trump’s suggestion of sending U.S. citizens to a Salvadoran prison and actual deportations of Venezuelan citizens to that facility without legal proceedings. Democrats criticized Republicans for implicitly supporting the circumvention of Fifth Amendment rights. The rejection of these amendments leaves ICE with the ability to proceed with deportations under the current legal framework.
John Q. Hosedrinker