Deportation Is Key to Fixing Our Broken Immigration System

ince President Donald Trump returned to the presidency and began reversing his predecessor’s immigration policies, advocates have complained that the current administration is denying “due process” to immigrants. Their real complaint is that for the first time in a long time, the Department of Homeland Security is deporting large numbers of aliens who have received due process and been ordered deported — not only because such removals are the natural consequence of violating the immigration laws, but because lawful deportations are essential to the credibility of our immigration system.