Vance goes hostile on due process

Plus, Sen. Van Hollen meets Abrego Garcia in El Salvador |

VIEW IN BROWSER MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news Friday, Apr. 18, 2025 THE LATEST The Trump administration's immigration lies present a defining test By Michael Steele The Trump administration's immigration lies present a defining test By Michael Steele A popular mantra of President Donald Trump's critics is "This is not normal."   But "normal" is only determined by what a society is willing to accept. Case in point: The administration's treatment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland man the administration admits it mistakenly deported to a brutal El Salvadoran prison but claims it now can't return — is an attempt to normalize the extrajudicial deportation of undocumented immigrants like Abrego Garcia and perhaps even U.S. citizens.   Vice President JD Vance has now joined the chorus of voices in Trump's Cabinet eager to justify Abrego Garcia's illegal deportation by throwing the nation's core principle of due process to authoritarian wolves.   Apparently not occupied with the duties of the vice presidency, Vance has spent hours this week arguing with journalists on social media.    "To say the administration must observe 'due process' is to beg the question: what process is due is a function of our resources, the public interest, the status of the accused, the proposed punishment, and so many other factors," Vance wrote on Tuesday.   This is a preview of Michael Steele's latest article. Read the full column here. For more thought-provoking insights from Michael Steele, Alicia Menendez and Symone Sanders-Townsend, watch "The Weekend" every Saturday and Sunday at 8 a.m. ET on MSNBC. TOP STORIES REP. MARK TAKANO The U.S. rounded up my parents during World War II. Trump is reviving that cruelty People like my family — people who have not been charged with any crime — are again being rounded up without due process. Read more. NICHOLAS GROSSMAN The world is already moving on from Trump's America International economic integration will continue, with or without the U.S. — and China will benefit most. Read more. STEVE BENEN Marco Rubio sends a harsh message to those considering a U.S. visit Advocates fear the U.S. could return to a patchwork system in which richer states provide more comprehensive screenings than poorer ones. Read more.  HELAINE OLEN The makers of TurboTax gave Trump's inauguration $1 million. They just got their money's worth. The elimination of the IRS' Direct File program is the tax prep industry's gain — but a major loss for American taxpayers. Read more.   TOP VIDEOS RACHEL MADDOW Sen. Chris Van Hollen meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador WATCH NOW DEADLINE WHITE HOUSE Two dead, five injured at Florida State University after campus shooting WATCH NOW ALL IN Top NIH scientist says research was 'censored' under RFK Jr. WATCH NOW MSNBC PRIME Harvard withstands Trump's attacks amid his threat to rescind tax-exempt status WATCH NOW MORE FROM MSNBC In the latest episode of "Main Justice," MSNBC Legal Analysts Andrew Weissmann and Mary McCord examine the U.S. government's mistaken removal of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador and how the Trump administration has dodged accountability thus far. Plus, the cancellation of a landmark civil rights deal in Alabama and President Trump's latest targets: the Associated Press and Harvard. Listen now. In the latest episode of "Trumpland with Alex Wagner," Alex speaks with Social Security Administration employees and concerned recipients following reports that the agency is considering drastic changes that could upend the system. Then, a conversation on the future of Social Security with the former Associate Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, and FDR's grandson, James Roosevelt. Listen now.   MSNBC INSIGHTS Have you ever wanted to provide MSNBC with your opinion about their TV programs, documentaries, and digital products, such as MSNBC.com, newsletters, and podcasts? Now is your chance! Join the MSNBC Insights Community.   Download the MSNBC App: 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 PRIVACY | CONTACT | UNSUBSCRIBE