The Dems decision to not applaud anything Trump said at the SOTU was poorly thought out and bad optics. Add it to the list of missteps Dem politicians keep making. That said, I can't imagine many liberals/Dems would spend much time defending people like Abrego Garcia if he had simply been deported. The due process concern IS the point - not the individual who got deported. Had Trump followed precedent and due process for legal deportation, none of this conversation would even be happening.