What did Donald Trump do today?

He ranted about how giving people due process of law was too much work.

Today, as a federal judge pondered the extremely odd question of how to go about holding the government of the United States itself in contempt of court, Trump posted this to his private microblogging site:

For the record, the 530,000 immigrants Trump refers were in the United States legally. They certainly didn't arrive "IN ONE DAY," which would have been more than four times bigger than the next-largest civilian airlift in American history—and that one took 17 days. 

Trump is lying, or absurdly misinformed, about the "approximately 100 years" part, too. Immigration courts heard 915,773 cases last year, which is what observing the Constitution's requirement for due process of law requires. That number is expected to be somewhat lower this year, though—because Trump has fired so many of the judges.

The Constitution of the United States requires the government to provide "due process of law" to all people. In fact, it is the only Constitutional right listed twice, in both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. In simplest terms, it means that anyone subject to the authority of the government must be allowed to assert their rights in a fair and rule-bound process. The government is not allowed to make arbitrary decisions about someone's life, liberty, or property based on what is politically convenient—or because it seems like giving someone their day in court seems like too much work.

Why does this matter?

• If Donald Trump thinks governing according to the Constitution is too much work, he should get a different job.

• Immigration is governed by the law, not what's convenient or emotionally soothing for Donald Trump.