1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

Congress needs to act immediately to restore due process protections for lawful permanent residents gutted by the Supreme Court's ruling in Blanche v. Lau. The 6-3 decision, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, now allows federal border agents to deny re-entry to green card holders based on nothing more than a "reason to believe" a crime occurred — no conviction, no clear and convincing evidence, just suspicion. That is not due process. That is not constitutional. Green card holders are legal residents who have built their lives here. Under this ruling, a person can be stripped of their residency status at a port of entry before any crime is even proven. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called it exactly what it is: a "massive blank check" handed to the government to remove people based on unproven allegations. Congress has the authority to fix this by passing legislation that restores the clear and convincing evidence standard at the border. Do it.