Trump’s administration is currently mapping out a strategy to revoke the lawful entitlement to contest government-based detention, in a bid to curb undocumented immigration, as confirmed by his top aide. Stephen Miller, a senior member at the White House, reveals that the government is exploring various avenues to broaden its legal jurisdiction to expel individuals residing unlawfully in the country. An aspect they’re meticulously considering is the suspension of habeas corpus – the legally enshrined right to question one’s confinement by the state. In a conversation with the press, Miller expounded, ‘The Constitution definitively states, and as it happens, it’s the highest law of the nation, that the privilege of habeas corpus can be revoked in a time of invasion,’ underlining that this approach was actively under consideration.
According to Miller, the ultimate course of action largely hangs in the balance, contingent on how the courts rule on the matter. The Alien Enemies Act has primarily been an important legal conduit for immigrants to lawfully dispute their potential deportations. In a show of taking charge from the outset, Trump’s first official order in terms of immigration policy empowered federal officers to detain and deport any individual unable to provide verifiable legal documents. He later ratified a policy change to abolish birthright citizenship – the conferral of American nationality to those born within the territorial boundaries of the U.S.
In a public relations move, Trump has been celebrating his administration’s notable strides in impeding illegal immigration. This involved publicly displaying placards attributing the arrest of reported convicts, a successful outcome of his stringent immigration policy. The placards conspicuously displayed the visage of some of the nefarious offenders detained by ICE officials within the initial century of his days in office. The placards comprised a picture of every alleged criminal, along with the label ‘arrested’, and the designated crime attributed to each individual.
The offenses recorded ranged from murder and rape to child sexual abuse. From the day he took office, January 20th, Trump took a tranche of actions targeting curbs on immigration. This involved imposing widespread restrictions on sanctuary status for migrants attempting to cross the southern border. An unforeseen conclusion to a particular asylum initiative, designated CBP One, ended to the misfortune of thousands of global migrants left high and dry in Mexico with scarce or no legal channels to approach the U.S.
Around twenty migrants in Mexico confided to Reuters that after CBP One was terminated on January 20th, their subsequent attempts to repatriate were thwarted by lack of cash or necessary papers. Several were devoid of valid passports which would be vital for taking international flights. Many migrants dread the prospect of a prolonged stay in Mexico owing to a well-founded fear of abuse, abduction, and extortion at the hands of influential criminal syndicates notorious for exploiting migrants.
During a press meeting on Monday, Leavitt reported that attempts to illegally cross into the U.S. via the southern border dwindled to a historic low in the months of February and March. She stated that only slightly more than 7,000 undocumented immigrants were intercepted by U.S. Border Patrol last March. This figure illustrates a precipitous 95% slide from the staggering 140,000 undocumented migrants that border officials came across in March 2024, during Joe Biden’s presidency.
The Trump administration is incessantly laboring round the clock to facilitate the successful apprehension and expulsion of individuals illegally residing in the U.S. As reported by a spokesperson, a striking operation over a span of four days recently rounded up nearly 800 undocumented immigrants in Florida.