The Trump administration is “actively looking at” suspending the constitutional right of habeas corpus in its intensifying fight against illegal immigration, White House Deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said Friday.
While speaking to reporters outside the White House, Miller said President Donald Trump is considering invoking a constitutional power to suspend habeas corpus, a move not used since former President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, to address what the administration has called an “invasion” at the southern border.
White House Deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller tells reporters the administration is exploring options to suspend habeas corpus, May 9, 2025, outside the White House. (Credit Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)
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“The Constitution is clear, and that, of course, is the supreme law of the land, that
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