Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case has made headlines since he was deported to a notorious mega prison in El Salvador in March due to “an administrative error.” Since then, there have been several other cases of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detaining and deporting immigrants who have lawful status and no criminal record, most of whom were legally living in the U.S. while their asylum claims were being processed.
A new Data for Progress survey examined voters’ impressions of recent immigration enforcement and their views regarding due process.
For one, a majority of voters say that, in the past few weeks, they have seen, read, or heard “a lot” about “news reports about a man mistakenly deported to a prison abroad“ (56%) and “reports of recent immigration enforcement actions involving detention or deportation” (56%).
When asked about the U.S. government sending immigrants who had been living in the U.S. with lawful status and no criminal record to be held in prisons outside the U.S., a strong majority of voters (71%), including 81% of Independents and even 51% of Republicans, say they are opposed, while 23% are supportive.
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