Secret White House memo warned against suspending habeas corpus for unauthorized immigrants
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Summary
A secret memo from White House staff secretary Will Scharf warned against Stephen Miller's extreme proposal to suspend habeas corpus rights for unauthorized immigrants during Trump's second term. The memo, dated April 2025, cautioned against end-running the rule of law regarding the centuries-old right that forces the government to justify detentions. This reflects internal White House tensions over the legality of extreme immigration enforcement measures being considered.
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· 4 pulledLast spring, Will Scharf, an archconservative lawyer serving as the White House staff secretary, wrote a secret memo to the chief of staff that reflected growing unease in the West Wing about one of the extreme measures being weighed by Stephen Miller.
The memo was careful and lawyerly but amounted to a warning against end-running the rule of law.
The subject line read: 'THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS.'
Habeas corpus — the centuries-old right to force the government to justify detentions.
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