In one of the most alarming developments yet, Stephen Miller—senior adviser to Donald Trump—has openly said the administration is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus.
This isn’t just legal jargon. This is the right that prevents the government from locking you up indefinitely without a trial. It is the bedrock of civil liberty, the final line of defense against tyranny. And now, it’s on the chopping block.
Miller argues that jurisdiction stripping laws passed by Congress allow the president to act without judicial oversight in immigration cases. He’s twisting the law to make it sound like the courts no longer matter—like the president can do whatever he wants, as long as he claims there’s an “invasion.”
This isn’t about immigration. It’s about power.
We’re already seeing the playbook unfold:
- The mayor of Newark, Roz Baraka, was arrested for peacefully protesting an ICE facility.
- A judge was arrested for allowing an undocumented immigrant to exit through a back door.
- Trump has floated the idea of prosecuting political opponents like AOC and “The Squad.”
These are not isolated events. They are signals of a broader strategy: redefine protest as terrorism, redefine migration as invasion, redefine dissent as treason. And then, once the public is confused or desensitized, they’ll move. Quietly. Brutally.
Without habeas corpus, none of us are safe—not immigrants, not protesters, not journalists, not judges, not you.
Some will cheer it on, thinking only “illegals” will be affected. But authoritarianism doesn’t stop. Once the precedent is set, it spreads.
First they come for the outsiders. Then the critics. Then the rest of us.
History has seen this pattern before. And we must break it—now, while we still can.
Speak. Organize. Resist.