'Due process is for citizens'
Mace's X post 'Due process is for citizens' drew wide attention and a Community Note explaining that the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments protect all 'persons' on U.S. soil, not only citizens. Critics also resurfaced her February 2023 post: 'Everyone deserves the right to due process.'
On or around June 10, 2025, Rep. Nancy Mace posted to X, "Due process is for citizens," according to reporting by Snopes and MeidasTouch. The post received a Community Note from X's crowdsourced fact-checking program explaining that the U.S. Constitution protects all "persons," not only citizens, under the due-process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, and that the Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed those protections apply to anyone physically present in the United States, according to Snopes. Critics also circulated a February 2023 post by Mace as a contrast: she had written on X, "Everyone deserves the right to due process," according to Snopes.
Mace's post (cited by reporting, Snopes, archived):
"Due process is for citizens.", Rep. Nancy Mace, X post, June 2025
The Community Note correction (cited by reporting, Snopes):
The U.S. Constitution protects all "persons," not just citizens, under the due-process clauses of the Fifth and 14th Amendments. The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that these protections apply to anyone physically present in the United States.
Community Note added to Mace's post, as quoted by Snopes.
Mace's own February 2023 post (cited by reporting, Snopes, archived):
"Everyone deserves the right to due process.", Rep. Nancy Mace, X post, February 2023
The earlier post resurfaced by critics following her 2025 claim, per Snopes.
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