Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith said in a now-viral town hall recording this week that ICE detainees at Camp Atterbury do not have a right to due process or to see a judge, and drew a comparison to the United States' response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in World War II.

Immigration attorneys say this is patently false and an alarming comparison to make.

"He’s so absolutely wrong," said Buck Shomo, a longtime immigration attorney in central Indiana.

At the town hall in Vigo County on Aug. 4, an attendee asked whether state leaders would make sure immigrant detainees at Camp Atterbury see due process.

"So due process in this situation is, are you here legally?" Beckwith, a Republican, responded. When pressed about the opportunity to come before a judge, Beckwith added, "They don't have a

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