Thomas A. Daddio III: Noncitizens charged with crimes receive same due process protections in court

To The Daily Sun,

Fact checking local keyboard warriors and inferior political experts is very complicated process nowadays. Recent letters from several "experts" have sustained immigrants are not allowed due process in this country. Back in the 1700s this may have been the case. However there are courts that have ruled on this over the years. If there is no due process, then the government can simply deport people or punish them at will just like the dictator of the United States. How can someone show that they're actually a U.S. citizen if they're not getting any due process? The U.S. Constitution, legal experts and decades of court decisions agree: Immigrants in the U.S., regardless of how they entered the U.S., legally or illegally, have due process rights ... Including the ones who try to deny people of theirs unfortunately. The Fifth and Fourteenth amendments along with the Immigration and Nationality Act are pretty clear. Noncitizens who are charged with crimes receive the same due process protections as U.S. citizens in criminal court. Next time the local flawed enforcement wants to play G.I. Joe cosplay, or detain citizens illegally — maybe they should go back to school as well.

Thomas A. Daddio III

Gilmanton