A judge prevented the Trump administration from fast-tracking deportations, ruling expedited removal creates a “significant risk” to migrants’ due process.
Aug. 30 A federal judge prevented the Trump administration from fast-tracking deportations, ruling expedited removal creates a “significant risk” to migrants’ due process.
Late Friday night, U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in the District of Columbia issued a 48-page ruling that stays the deportations, many of which have proceeded without court proceedings of undocumented migrants. She denied a request by the Department of Justice to put it on hold for 14 days to allow lawyers to appeal, writing there is no need for “time to deliberate.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was the defendant in the lawsuit, which was filed by Make the Road New York, an immigrant rights group, and others. Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union argued the case on their behalf.
The Trump administration had expanded the process that for decades was from within 100 miles of the southern border and 14 days.
In 2019, during Donald Trump’s first presidency, the method applied to anyone residing in the United States who could not show they have been in the country for more than two years.
