Republican Rep. Says 'The Only Due Process' Migrants Should Get Is 'Deportation'

A Republican lawmaker seemed to speak against giving migrants due process, saying they should be summarily deported if found in the country.

"If you're here illegally, the only process you're due is deportation," said Rep. Brandon Gill on X.

Gill is no stranger to controversy. Earlier this year he called for the deportation of Rep. Ilhan Omar, later escalating the effort and urging his supporters to sign a petition to that end.

Gill's campaign sent a fundraising email titled "Petition: Deport Ilhan Omar." The text says "we should have never let" the lawmaker, who is Somali American, "into our country."

"Sign my petition and let's send her back to Somalia where she belongs," reads a passage of the petition, reported by Axios. The message also accuses Omar of "facilitating a full-scale invasion of our country," claiming that a "normal society would refer to that as treason."

Gill was seemingly making reference to a video in which Omar tells Somalis in her Minnesota district that they are "not obligated" to answer questions from ICE. She also urged them to "learn the laws and prepare."

More recently, Gill introduced articles of impeachment against U.S. district judge James Boasberg, who the Trump administration has been targeting after issuing orders to block the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador under the wartime Alien Enemies Act.

"Chief Judge Boasberg, in violation of his oath of office, did knowingly and willfully use his judicial position to advance political gain while interfering with the President's constitutional prerogatives and enforcement of the rule of law," reads a passage of the resolution he introduced in March. The initiative has so far failed to prosper.