The Daily Populous Thursday May 22nd, 2025 morning edition
Authored by latintimes.com and submitted by PostHeraldTimes

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett and GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley clashed over whether migrants who enter the US illegally are entitled to due process during a House committee hearing Wednesday.

Kiley posed a question to Crockett during the exchange. "Do you believe that someone who has entered the US illegally—that the due process requirements for that individual are the same as for a US citizen?"

Crockett, a former civil rights attorney, broke out in sarcastic laughter.

Kiley: Do you believe that someone who has entered the US illegally— that the due process requirements for that individual are the same as for a US citizen?

Crockett: Per the constitution, if you are on our soil, you are guaranteed due process. The fact that there is even a... pic.twitter.com/sk6lTZQzCJ — Acyn (@Acyn) May 21, 2025

"Per the Constitution, if you are on our soil, you are guaranteed due process," she replied.

Kiley pushed back, asserting that the Supreme Court had ruled due process to be a "context-dependent inquiry."

"There was never a distinction that said somehow, dependent on your status, you somehow lose your access to due process. That is the only thing the Supreme Court has been consistent on, is that there are due process rights afforded to everyone," Crockett rebutted.

When Kiley was still resistant, Rep. Parmila Jayapal interrupted. "I would like to submit for the record, the constitution of the United States..."

While neither Kiley nor Crockett's opinion seemed to budge, the move elicited laughter from the House floor as the floor recognized "the whole constitution, God bless ya," — as Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) put it — and moved on from the tense exchange.

Deep_Alps7150 on May 21st, 2025 at 23:14 UTC »

The GOP needs to learn that if migrants don’t have due process then nobody has due process.

This isn’t just an attack on migrants rights, this is an attack on anyone’s right to due process within the jurisdiction of the United States.

SAJ-13 on May 21st, 2025 at 22:52 UTC »

Jasmine Crockett is simply the best.

CrayonLunch on May 21st, 2025 at 22:50 UTC »

Thats like asking them if they know what the Bible says.