Trump administration considering suspending habeas corpus

The White House is "actively looking at" suspending the legal right to challenge detention.

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Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, told reporters on Friday that the US Constitution allowed for the legal liberty to be suspended in times of "rebellion or invasion".

His comments come as judges have sought to challenge some recent detentions made by the Trump administration in an effort to combat illegal immigration, as well as remove dissenting foreign students.

"A lot of it depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not," Miller said.

There are several pending civil cases against the Trump administration's deportation of undocumented migrants based on habeaus corpus.