Federal Courts Buck Trump Deportation Schemes, Focusing on Due Process Rights
The Trump administration’s aggressive push to deport migrants has run up against resistance from the judiciary.
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The Trump administration’s aggressive push to deport migrants has run up against resistance from the judiciary.
Lower courts had blocked the policy, saying it was not supported by evidence and violated equal protection principles.
The decision marked the first time a federal judge permanently blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an order to punish law firms he opposes politically.
Prosecutors have said they will appeal the decision, although they lost a similar appeal this year.
Even as Republicans suffer setbacks in their fight to overturn a loss in a State Supreme Court race, judges have shown a striking willingness to entertain the long-shot challenges.
An order signed by President Trump last month was aimed at stripping collective bargaining rights from hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
The president does not have the authority to require proof of citizenship for all voters, a federal judge ruled.
Scholars say that the Trump administration is now flirting with lawless defiance of court orders, a path with an uncertain end.
The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more.
President Trump’s aides abruptly said the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, had been lawfully sent to a prison in El Salvador, contradicting what officials themselves have said in court filings.