White House weighs suspending ability of migrants to challenge their detention

The White House is "actively looking at" whether to suspend the ability of migrants to challenge their detention in court as part of an effort to speed its deportation efforts, senior adviser Stephen Miller said on Friday.

- Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON:

"The Constitution is clear that, of course, it is the supreme law of the land that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in time of invasion — so it's an option we're actually looking at, but a lot of it depends on whether the court will do the right thing or not," Miller told reporters.

Habeas corpus allows for those detained by the government to challenge the detention and be released from imprisonment after wrongful arrest. In immigration proceedings, habeas reviews can consider how long migrants are being held before deportations, and the conditions of their imprisonment.