A majority of Americans oppose deporting migrants who have not been convicted to El Salvador without due process, according to a new survey, as the Trump administration defends its deportation efforts amid broad scrutiny.
Six in 10 respondents in a YouGov survey released Wednesday said they did not support "deporting immigrants without criminal convictions to El Salvador to be imprisoned, without letting them challenge the deportation in court.” That included 46 percent who "strongly" opposed such deportations.
Meanwhile, 26 percent of respondents said they were in favor of such deportations, and another 13 percent were unsure.
The Trump administration has recently used the Alien Enemies Act and immigration authorities to send hundreds of migrants it has alleged are gang members to a Salvadoran prison.
But critics have called for outside oversight, with civil liberty advocates warning the administration is rushing to deport individuals without offering full evidence to support allegations of gang affiliation.
The Trump administration on Monday acknowledged in a filing in court that it accidentally deported someone protected from removal, sending the man to the Salvadoran prison where they said they could not secure his return.
“Although ICE was aware of his protection from removal to El Salvador, Abrego Garcia was removed to El Salvador because of an administrative error,” the Justice Department said in the court filing, using an abbreviation for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Meanwhile, 51 percent of respondents in the YouGov survey also said they did not back “deporting international students who participated in pro-Palestinian campus protests,” while 31 percent said they did support such a move.
Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that a minimum of 300 foreign students had their visas revoked amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign students who protested against Israel amid its war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
The YouGov poll was conducted March 28 to April 1, featuring 1,095 people and a 3.8 percentage points as its margin of error.
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