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April 22, 2025

District courts find Fifth Amendment violations in EOIR proceedings

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Federal courts find detention without hearings as constitutional protections disappear

By Apr. 22, 2025, civil rights lawyers had documented systematic due process violations in President Trump’s mass deportation program (Question 1; Source: Due process violations in deportations)

Federal courts found evidence that people were detained without hearings, families were separated without legal process, and U.S. citizens were wrongfully arrested during those deportation operations (Question 2; Source: Federal court due process findings)

On Jun. 6, 2025, ICE began operations in the Los Angeles region without notifying local law enforcement, after which the Department of Defense federalized 2,000 California National Guard servicemembers and ordered them to assist ICE agents in civilian law enforcement activities including arrest and detention of immigrants (Questions 4, 7, 9, 11; Sources: California Guard federalization; National Guard law enforcement role; ICE operation protocols; ICE operation timeline)

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People, bills, and sources

Gavin Newsom (Governor of California)

on Apr. 22, 2025, filed an emergency motion challenging the federalization of the California National Guard without his consent under Title 10 authority (Question 3; Source

Rob Bonta (California Attorney General)

joined Governor Newsom in securing an emergency restraining order blocking the unlawful militarization of downtown Los Angeles (Questions 6, 12; Sources

What you can do

1

Review the full text of Governor Newsom and Attorney General Bonta’s Apr. 22, 2025 emergency motion and supporting court filings at: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/06/10/governor-newsom-files-emergency-motion-to-block-trumps-unlawful-militarization-of-los-angeles/

2

Consult U.S. Code Title 10 on Congress.gov to verify statutory requirements for governor consent before federalizing state National Guard units: https://www.congress.gov/browse/statute/10usc

3

Read the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to understand universal due process protections that safeguard all persons at the National Archives: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27