1. United States
2. Fla.
3. Letter

The Trump administration's proposal to suspend habeas corpus and deprive migrants of due process under the law is a grave threat to constitutional rights and democratic principles. Habeas corpus is a bedrock legal protection that prevents unlawful detention by allowing individuals to challenge their imprisonment before a neutral judge. Suspending it would strip away this fundamental safeguard and enable indefinite detention without any judicial oversight or accountability. The claim that an "invasion" of migrants justifies such an extreme measure is alarmist rhetoric that fails to meet the high legal bar of suspension being permitted only in cases of actual rebellion or invasion threatening public safety. Immigration, no matter the numbers, does not constitute an invasion in the constitutional sense. Migrants are human beings seeking a better life, not enemy combatants. Depriving vulnerable individuals of their habeas corpus rights solely based on their immigration status would be a severe violation of due process and equal protection under the law. It would enshrine discrimination in legal proceedings based on national origin and create a dangerous precedent of curbing civil liberties under overblown pretexts of security. Rather than resorting to draconian and likely unconstitutional measures, the administration should respect human rights and address immigration through proper legislative channels that uphold America's democratic values of liberty and justice for all. I urge you to forcefully oppose any attempt to suspend habeas corpus for immigration detainees and defend the rule of law.