Kristi Noem needs to read up on the longstanding right of Americans not to be illegally detained or imprisoned.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fumbled the response when New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan asked her to define the legal term.

Facing sharp questioning from Democratic lawmakers, the director of Homeland Security incorrectly described the constitutional right as a presidential authority to deport individuals.

Habeas corpus guarantees someone who is detained or arrested representation by a lawyer, and to a judge that will evaluate the legality of their detention. Here's what to know. The term habeas ...

“The Constitution is clear, and that of course is the supreme law of the land, that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion,” Miller said outside the ...

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has indicated that the Trump administration is actively considering whether it can suspend habeas corpus, the right of an individual to challenge ...

They chose not to. The second incident is the suggestion, by the White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, that the president might suspend habeas corpus to keep federal courts from ...

Kovarsky said the reason why suspension of habeas corpus is so restricted “is precisely because it’s so severe.” “You have no right, to a court, to say that you’re being unlawfully detained.