US civil rights activists slams Trump for ordering speedy deportation of illegal migrants

The Director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Immigrants’ Rights Project Omar Jadwat has reacted to moves by US President Donald Trump to order the speedy deportation of illegal migrants without due process.

Jadwat in a statement suggested that the move by Trump which has generated widespread condemnation from both local and foreign critics is “both illegal and unconstitutional”.

“Any official who has sworn an oath to uphold the constitution and laws should disavow it unequivocally.”

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) also condemned the US president’s comments.

Read also: Trump orders speedy deportation of illegal migrants

“This clear call for an end to the constitutionally-guaranteed right to due process is symptomatic of an administration that disdains both the Constitution and our judicial system, and would subject those who cross our borders to the whims of unaccountable officials acting on the twisted logic of white supremacy and racism,” Nihad Awad, CAIR national executive director, said in a statement.

“All Americans should be outraged by this affront to our values and democracy.”

Trump made the move to order the speedy deportation of illegal migrants known in a tweet on Sunday when he wrote thus; “When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases, bring them back from where they came.”

His comments are coming days after he decided to sign an executive order ending child separation but says that ‘zero-tolerance’ prosecution policy will continue.

The order by Trump which would keep families together after they get detained crossing the border illegally was drafted by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in an effort to end what was to become a major crisis for the Trump’s administration.

 

RipplesNigeria… without borders, without fears

Click here to join the Ripples Nigeria WhatsApp group for latest updates.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now