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Neal Statement on President Trump's Attack on Immigrants' Right to Due Process

Statement

Date: June 27, 2018
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Immigration

Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on President Donald Trump's recent call to deny asylum seekers and immigrants their right to due process:

"In the earliest days of country's history, our Founding Fathers had the foresight to include in the Constitution individuals' right to due process of law to protect against government abuse and overreach. Due process is as American as apple pie. Denying even one person due process endangers all of our rights and erodes our nation's founding principles. President Trump's suggestion that immigrants fleeing to our nation should not have their day in court is un-American and simply wrong."


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