An open letter to the U.S. Congress

Demand Action Against the White House's Habeas Corpus Suspension Plot

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The Trump White House actively studied suspending habeas corpus — one of the oldest legal protections in democratic history — to detain migrants without any judicial review. The New York Times confirmed this. You need to act now: demand a full congressional investigation and use every tool available to remove the officials responsible, starting with Stephen Miller. This isn't a policy disagreement. Habeas corpus has been suspended only twice in American history — during the Civil War and after Pearl Harbor — and courts struck those down as unconstitutional. What the Trump administration proposed would allow federal agents to arrest anyone without stating a reason before a judge. That's not immigration enforcement. That's authoritarian detention. The same faction also pushed to deploy federal troops against anti-Trump protesters under the Insurrection Act. Courts are doing their part — judges have already blocked the administration's attempt to erase slavery exhibits from national parks and are expected to rule against Trump on birthright citizenship. Congress needs to match that courage. Investigate. Legislate. Remove. The constitutional order is not self-enforcing — that's your job.

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