Habeas corpus is a fundamental US legal protection that allows individuals to challenge unlawful detention in court.

Trump advisor Stephen Miller suggested Friday the Trump administration is considering suspending the writ of habeas corpus to more easily detain immigrants—meaning denying them the right to protest their detention—the latest suggestion by Trump officials that they want to get rid of traditional legal processes in order to carry out their hardline immigration agenda.

"Reinterpreting the Constitution on a whim in an effort to grant authoritarian powers is unpatriotic and un-American."