Last Saturday, May 3, the US President Donald Trump He participated in “Meet The Press”the television chain program NBC News where interviews are conducted to public figures that make news, establish the political agenda and highlight the impact that decision making in Washington has on the population.
The program presenter, the journalist Kristen Welker, works as a correspondent in the White House and was in charge of carrying out the interview with the Republican president. However, the conversation with the New York tycoon allegedly went well until issues related to the Constitution of the USA.
Kristen Welker first asked Donald Trump If he agreed that all the people who are currently in the territory of the United States deserve “due process”, both citizens and No citizens, to which the 78 -year -old businessman replied that he did not know, considering that he was not a lawyer.
Then, the journalist tells the US president that the fifth amendment of the Constitution establishes that “All people deserve the same treatment.” So he decides to ask if it is necessary to respect the Supreme Law of the American nation, to which the Republican president replies that he really does not know.
Fifth amendment of the US Constitution
The Constitution of the United States, drafted in 1787 and subsequently ratified in 1788, is the Supreme Law of the North American country because it establishes the basis of the Federal Government and protects the rights of all citizens. Currently, it is the most written constitution Ancient of all the world that is still in force.
For its part, the fifth amendment of the US Constitution protects individuals from “several Abuse of the government in the criminal processes “. This amendment guarantees the right not to be prosecuted for the same crime, the right to not Self -incriminate and the right to due legal process, as Kristen Welker mentioned.
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The fifth amendment also includes a “fair compensation clause”, which requires the government to compensate for owners when expropriate Your private property for public use. However, in this case, Kristen Welker focused on the appearance of the due legal process For all, including undocumented migrants.
This amendment requires that the government follow a “fair and legal procedure before removing a person their Life, freedom or property“However, since the Republican president returned to the power of the White House, thousands of immigrants have been treated as enemies of the United States and have not had an honest process.
With the aim of accelerating the Deportations In the United States, President Donald Trump invoked an old law of 1798, created more than 227 years ago, with which he obtained the power to stop and deport undocumented migrants of any foreign nation without the need for a audience With a migration judge.
The Foreign enemies law It had not been invoked since World War II, in 1939, when it was used to deport Citizens of Japanese origin in one of the most dark episodes of contemporary racism. ” Now, 86 years later, it is used to expel those who have arrived illegally From the border with Mexico.
Given this situation, when Kristen Welker questioned President Trump for not respecting the fifth amendment, the Republican indicated that there are currently more than two million of people who are illegally in the United States, where most are “Murse and drug traffickers”so it is your duty to expel them.
Welker: do you AGREE that Everyone is here deserves due process? Citizens and Nancitizens?
Trump: I Don’t Know. I’M not to Lawyer.
Welker: The 5th Amendment Says As Much .. Don’t You Need to UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION?
Trump: I Don’t Know pic.twitter.com/1y8porx9s
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