My wife and I are graduates of Montezuma-Cortez High School and still own property in the Cortez area so we subscribe to our “hometown” newspaper.
As a Jeffersonian conservative and political observer, I am curious about printed opinions that have stated the Constitution is not being upheld by the present administration.
I have read the Federalist Papers, the 85 essays published in the NYC newspapers, which outline the blueprint for the Constitution of our representative republic.
I surmise that people are referring to the Fifth and 14th amendments when they feel deportation is unconstitutional. Both the Fifth and 14th amendments have a clause that reads the government cannot deprive someone of life, liberty or property without due process.
Due process seems to indicate the deprivation of these rights. If a person has broken the law, and is here illegally, how does deporting him or her back to their home of record, or out of U.S. territory, deprive them of due process?
It has been a long time since high school and, but for undergraduate courses in government, I’m always willing to learn. So, please, those who feel deportation is unconstitutional, please enlighten me.
Max A. Clark
Beavercreek, Ohio
