Trump Repeats Call to Deprive Undocumented Migrants of Due Process
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US President Donald Trump on Monday again issued a call to deprive undocumented immigrants of their right to due process, arguing that people trying to cross the border should not be allowed a trial or an appearance before a judge.
Trump's sustained attacks on the American judicial system came amid extraordinary condemnation of his administration's zero-tolerance enforcement policy at the southern border, which led to more than 2,300 children being separated from their families in recent months.
He was last week pressured into halting his administration's practice of separating families, in an abrupt reversal that overruled the views of his hardline advisers.
"Hiring many thousands of judges, and going through a long and complicated legal process, is not the way to go - will always be dysfunctional [sic]. People must simply be stopped at the Border and told they cannot come into the U.S. illegally," Trump said via Twitter on Monday. "Children brought back to their country......"
He continued in a second tweet: "If this is done, illegal immigration will be stopped in its [sic] tracks - and at very little, by comparison, cost. This is the only real answer - and we must continue to BUILD THE WALL!"
The statement is tantamount to a proposal for the suspension of law. But Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, defended the position and insisted a judge was not always required for due process to be observed.
The question of due process compounds an already confusing situation as Republican lawmakers scrambled to build a consensus around immigration legislation, and federal agencies work to reunite migrant families separated under Trump's policy, with many children now scattered across the US without their parents.
The Department of Homeland Security stated over the weekend that it had reunited 522 children with parents so far. The agency also claimed to have a "well-coordinated" process for reuniting families, following chaos and confusion last week.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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