Deportation and Due Process
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What's at Stake
The immigration system contains an unnecessary and unconstitutional lack of rights that is unheard of in the criminal justice system. No one should be in immigration detention without a constitutionally adequate bond hearing in which the government bears the burden of showing that detention is necessary鈥攖o protect against danger to the community or flight risk鈥攁nd that no alternative release conditions would suffice.
The United States also has mandatory and disproportionate deportation laws that needlessly separate families. Reform should restore discretion to consider the equities in every individual鈥檚 case. Reform should also ensure access to counsel in immigration proceedings,聽as effective judicial review is an integral component of due process. More than half of individuals in immigration court proceedings are currently unrepresented, including 84 percent of those in detention.
The immigration system contains an unnecessary and unconstitutional lack of rights that is unheard of in the criminal justice system. No one should be in immigration detention without a constitutionally adequate bond hearing in which the government bears the burden of showing that detention is necessary鈥攖o protect against danger to the community or flight risk鈥攁nd that no alternative release conditions would suffice.
The United States also has mandatory and disproportionate deportation laws that needlessly separate families. Reform should restore discretion to consider the equities in every individual鈥檚 case. Reform should also ensure access to counsel in immigration proceedings,聽as effective judicial review is an integral component of due process. More than half of individuals in immigration court proceedings are currently unrepresented, including 84 percent of those in detention.