Less than half of U.S. voters think 'due process' should prevent deportations: Poll

As the Trump administration battles a litany of challenges to its attempts to deport illegal aliens, the public appears skeptical of the due process arguments slowing the pace.

Just 44% of likely voters in the latest Rasmussen Reports survey agreed that the "due process of law" should "prevent the government from deporting illegal immigrants?" Forty-two percent disagreed while 15% were unsure.

Unsurprisingly, the issue was split by party affiliations, with 61% of Democrats saying it should prevent deportations and the same percentage of Republicans saying it shouldn't.

The issue of due process has come to the forefront in recent weeks amid Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport illegal alien gang members. At the center of that debate is El Salvadoran native Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom authorities mistakenly deported to El Salvador despite a withholding order preventing his removal.

The administration insists he is a member of the MS-13 criminal gang, though he denies that assertion and a court has required Washington to seek his return to the U.S.