Author: Molly Redden

Molly Redden is covering legal affairs and how the second Trump administration is attempting to reshape the legal system. You can send her tips at molly.redden@propublica.org or via Signal at mollyredden.14.

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Habeas Corpus No More? How Far-Right “Invasion” Rhetoric Became Trump’s Legal Weapon

January 23, 2025, San Ysidro, Ca, United States: U.S. Marines with the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, deploy concertina wire as they re-enforce the border wall, January 23, 2025 near San Ysidro, California. U.S. U.S President Donald Trump has requested the armed forces to support Homeland security in securing the southern border. (Credit Image: © Cpl. Logan Courtright/U.S Air/Planet Pix via ZUMA Press Wire)

The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the far right has been building this case for years.

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