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#due process

Violations of the right to fair legal proceedings, including denial of access to courts, removal of judicial review, summary proceedings without legal representation, and executive actions bypassing established legal procedures.

9 incidents

Rule of Law
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

Immigration Judiciary Purge: 113 Judges Fired Without Due Process, Including Retaliation Against Judges Who Protected Free Speech

Over 113 immigration judges have been fired without due process since January 2025 — more firings in one year than in the entire prior history of the immigration court system. The April 2026 firing of two judges specifically because they dismissed deportation cases against pro-Palestinian activists represents direct judicial retaliation: punishing judges for ruling against the administration, fundamentally corrupting the independence of courts adjudicating life-and-death immigration cases.

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immigration judgesjudicial independencedue processRümeysa ÖztürkMohsen Mahdawi
Updated March 26, 2026 Deportation & Immigration
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

Immigration Rocket Dockets: Mass Fast-Tracked Hearings and In Absentia Removal Orders

An accelerated immigration court system that fast-tracks cases through mass remote hearings, with two-thirds of all Somali cases nationwide rescheduled on short notice. The process systematically deprives respondents of due process, with 80% of completed rocket docket cases historically resulting in in absentia removal orders.

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rocket docketimmigration courtdue processSomali immigrantsin absentia
Updated March 26, 2026 Deportation & Immigration
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern

Midnight Deportation of 76 Guatemalan Children: Labor Day Weekend Mass Removal Attempt

The administration attempted a mass deportation of unaccompanied minor children in the middle of the night during a holiday weekend, circumventing legal protections that require children to appear before an immigration judge. A federal judge halted the operation after being awakened at 2:35 AM, but one plane had already taken off before turning around.

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deportationchildrenunaccompanied minorsGuatemalaTVPRA
Updated March 25, 2026 Deportation & Immigration
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

Third-Country Deportations to Rwanda, Ghana, and South Sudan

The US paid Rwanda, Ghana, Eswatini, and South Sudan to accept deportees who are not their nationals, in deals a federal judge ruled unconstitutional. HRW called the expulsion agreements violations of international human rights law, and domestic lawsuits in Ghana challenge the deal's legality.

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third-country deportationRwandaGhanaEswatiniSouth Sudan
Updated September 3, 2025 Deportation & Immigration
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Ongoing

Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to Accelerate Venezuelan Deportations

The administration invoked a rarely used 1798 wartime statute to justify accelerated removals of Venezuelan nationals, including transfers into El Salvador's detention system, prompting immediate litigation over both process and statutory scope.

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Alien Enemies Actwartime powersdue processthird-country removalCECOT
Updated March 26, 2026 Deportation & Immigration
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

Pattern of Wrongful Deportations: US Citizens and Protected Individuals Removed Despite Court Orders

Multiple US citizens and legally protected individuals have been wrongfully deported, often in direct defiance of federal court orders. The pattern includes deportation of a man with explicit judicial protection, another removed the day after a court barred his removal, and a US citizenship claimant deported despite a restraining order.

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wrongful deportationUS citizenscourt ordersdue processICE
Updated December 22, 2025 Deportation & Immigration
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

Deportation Traps at Immigration Court Hearings and Systematic Denial of Due Process

ICE turned mandatory immigration court hearings into arrest traps, coordinating in real time with government attorneys to arrest immigrants whose cases were dismissed. Record-setting asylum denials, in absentia orders tripling to 50,000, and 'rocket dockets' processing cases too fast for legal representation destroyed systematic access to due process.

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due processdeportation trapimmigration courtin absentiarocket docket