It doesn’t. BTW, the Constitution was written by immigrants! And where does the 20,000,000 figure come from? How do they determine this number? By asking them? From the census? The whole issue is nothing but fabricated propaganda.
For clarification purposes, it helps to have context.
Immigrants walking over the border, up til 2 years after arrival, can be sent back without being brought before an administrative, immigration court. For those requesting assylum or past the 2 yr threshold, the administrative hearing addresses substantive issues of immigration and the special circumstances of the individual. There are inherent features of “due process” before that Court (hearing officer is a hired, administrative judge-must pass the bar). Notice, impartial, (right-to-Counsel is not here) etc… must be invoked, raised before that Court and some protections can be waived.
Habeus Corpus petitions, not normal for immigration case, are brought before Federal Magistrate Judges and those “due process” features are different because those are NOT administrative processes. The purpose of these hearings is to be released. However, those courts prefer and generally resolve with motion-practice.
Neither of the civil hearings are called “trials”; terminology matters sometimes and some types of due process-challenges are tricky depending on when they are raised.
Thanks for the breakdown, SFsergio. You’re right—immigration law is a procedural maze, and context matters. But here’s the core issue: even in administrative settings, due process still applies. Whether it’s limited or layered, it’s not optional—and invoking a wartime statute to bypass any of it is exactly where the line gets crossed.
And an 18th Century statute to boot.
Agreed; our President surely remembers.
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That was a cut and paste quote from Benny at nearly the beginning of this topic, about not seeing criminals…
My opinion is that anyone who leaves S. America or Mexico and walks hundreds of miles in search of a better life, deserves entry.
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Joe Biden didn’t enforce the immigration laws, allowing millions of illegal immigrants to enter our country, many of the gang members. No president before Donald Trump was forced to hold trials to deport illegal immigrants.
Joe Biden didn’t enforce the immigration laws, allowing millions of illegal immigrants to enter our country, many of them gang members. No president before Donald Trump was forced to hold trials to deport illegal immigrants.
Joe Biden didn’t enforce the immigration laws, allowing millions of illegal immigrants to enter our country, many of them gang members. No president before Donald Trump was forced to hold trials to deport illegal immigrants. I don’t expect it’s possible to hold millions of trials.
I hear the heart behind that, Tim—but good intentions don’t erase the need for good laws.
Deserving a better life doesn’t automatically mean deserving entry. If that were the standard, we’d have open borders and no nation left to enter. Compassion without order is chaos, and Scripture doesn’t teach that we ignore justice for the sake of sentiment.
Yes—treat the sojourner with dignity. But entry isn’t a right—it’s a privilege governed by law. And if we toss the law aside for noble feelings, we’re not helping—we’re unraveling the very structure that protects both citizens and immigrants alike.
Alright, BobEstey—let’s clear the smoke from the fire here.
Yes, Biden’s border policy has been a hot mess of chaos, cowardice, and cartel-enabling negligence. No argument there. But Trump wasn’t “forced” to hold trials—the Constitution requires due process, not because of Biden, but because we’re a nation of laws, not strongmen with Sharpies.
Every president is bound by due process. Trump didn’t face some new burden—he just tried to skip the line by reviving a wartime law from 1798 to deport people without hearings. That’s not restoring law and order. That’s tossing the law in the shredder because it’s inconvenient.
So yes, Biden flung the gates open—but Trump tried to lock people out by bypassing the legal keys altogether.
Two wrongs. No righteousness.
Let’s stop pretending one constitutional violation cancels out the other.
Total nonsense! Why not inform yourself of the facts instead of propaganda?
Beyond frightening! He has no regard for the established laws of this country and the rights of citizens. Both are the hallmarks of dictatorship.