For easy retweeting and argument settling: “The Due Process Clause applies to all ‘persons’ within the United States, including aliens, whether their presence here is lawful, unlawful, temporary, or permanent.” Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
Due process, including a fair hearing on parental fitness, is required before the government can interfere with a parent’s right to raise his or her own child. Santosky v. Kramer 455 U.S. 745 (1982)
“The fundamental liberty interest of natural parents in the care custody, and management of their child is protected by the 14th Amendment, and does not evaporate because they. . . lost temporary custody of their child to the State.” Santosky v. Kramer 455 U.S. 745 (1982)
Incarceration is not enough for a parent to lose parental rights. For information, click here: https://www.reentry.net/ny/help/item.2917-Parental_Rights …Cases cited are Supreme Court cases. The law in this area is well-settled, meaning this is not a matter of opinion.
The “The International Criminal Court defines the “systemic” removal of a given civilian population via “deportation or forcible transfer” as a crime against humanity” Quotation from this article:
