Va. State Rep. Makes Key Points About ‘Due Process’ and Deportations
If sanctuaries want DHS and DOJ to prosecute aliens before deporting them, give it to them good and hard
By Andrew R. Arthur on January 2, 2026
Nick Freitas is a Republican delegate to the Virginia General Assembly representing James Madison’s old district, in the Piedmont counties of Greene and Madison, and parts of Culpeper and Orange Counties. He’s also a social influencer who makes short videos explaining issues in simple terms, and a video he posted to X (pronounced “Twitter”) on December 27 makes short work of “due process”, criminal prosecutions, and immigration.
“Let’s Say Somebody Breaks into Your House”
The tweeted video is just one minute long, and it will likely be your best use of 60 seconds today:
Freitas take is pretty straightforward, comparing a burglar cum squatter to an alien who enters illegally.
In the house analogy, the homeowner calls the cops and after they determine the squatter doesn’t belong there, they throw the miscreant out.
That identification and removal system is the essence of due process, and comparable to the way civil immigration enforcement works. It’s not punitive; it simply restores the status quo.
Of course, burglary is a common law and, in most places, statutory crime (“breaking and entering” is a variety thereof), just as “improper entry” by an illegal migrant is a also federal criminal offense – subject to imprisonment and/or a fine – under section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
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