Overview

• House Democrats introduced amendments to prevent ICE from deporting U.S. citizens and to require due process for all deportations, but both measures failed in committee votes.
• Rep. Pramila Jayapal called for bipartisan support, emphasizing that U.S. citizens should never face detention or deportation by immigration enforcement agencies.
• Rep. Ted Lieu described the necessity of such amendments as 'batsh*t crazy,' highlighting that deporting U.S. citizens violates constitutional protections.
• The Trump administration has faced backlash for deporting Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador’s CECOT prison without court hearings and allegedly deporting a U.S.-born toddler to Honduras.
• President Trump recently suggested sending U.S. citizens to foreign prisons, further fueling concerns about executive overreach and constitutional violations.