section_path: Background/Due process
section_name: Due process
paragraph_text: Due process
  
  The Due Process Clause in the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the deprivation of "life, liberty, or property, without due process of law". In the context of removal pursuant to US immigration and nationality law, this is limited to procedural due process, as the substance of such law is generally immune to judicial review. Removal is an administrative matter, so the "provisions of the Constitution securing the right of trial by jury and prohibiting unreasonable searches and seizures and cruel and unusual punishments have no application". Procedural due process requires government officials to at least give a person proper notice and an opportunity to be heard before depriving that person of their life, liberty, or property.: 657
  
  The Due Process Clause in the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the deprivation of "life, liberty, or property, without due process of law". In the context of removal pursuant to US immigration and nationality law, this is limited to procedural due process, as the substance of such law is generally immune to judicial review. Removal is an administrative matter, so the "provisions of the Constitution securing the right of trial by jury and prohibiting unreasonable searches and seizures and cruel and unusual punishments have no application". Procedural due process requires government officials to at least give a person proper notice and an opportunity to be heard before depriving that person of their life, liberty, or property.: 657