Appeals court allows Trump to resume expedited deportations nationwide

An appeals court sided with the Trump administration on Tuesday to allow the government to resume expedited deportations nationwide.

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A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled 2-1 that President Donald Trump could resume his expansion of “expedited removal” procedures nationwide for any undocumented immigrant who is in the country illegally and cannot prove they were in the country continuously for at least two years. Previously, this removal process was used primarily near the border, but Trump expanded it to the maximum extent allowed by Congress upon taking office at the start of his second term.

The decision reverses a ruling handed down by D.C. District Court Judge Jia Cobb, a Biden appointee, last August. Her ruling found the process likely violated due process rights and risked wrongful removal.

Two Trump-appointed judges, Justin Walker and Neomi Rao, comprised the majority ruling out of the D.C. Circuit Court on Tuesday, which found that the Trump administration’s directives do not violate due process.