A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from swiftly deporting illegal migrants from the interior of the US.
Washington, DC-based District Judge Jia Cobb, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, argued that \u201cprioritizing speed over all else will inevitably lead the Government to erroneously remove people.\u201d
The Trump administration had sought to expand the scope of the expedited removal process \u2013 typically used to fast-track deportations for migrants apprehended within 14 days of entering the country and caught within 100 miles of a US land border \u2013 to use on migrants \u201canywhere in the United States\u201d and in the county illegally for \u201cless than two years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Court does not cast doubt on the constitutionality of the expedited removal statute, nor on its longstanding application at the border,\u201d Cobb wrote in her 48-page opinion.
\u201cIt merely holds that in applying the statute to a huge group of people living in the interior of the country who have not previously been subject to expedited removal, the Government must afford them due process. The procedures currently in place fall short,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Expanding expedited removals, which allows migrants to be deported without a court hearing, was widely viewed as a key tool for President Trump to carry out his mass deportation operation.
Trump sought to expand expedited removals late in his first term but was blocked by a federal judge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The policy change was eventually allowed to go into effect in October 2020, and was used to deport 17 foreign nationals before the Biden administration took over and ended the practice, according to the Migration Policy Institute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cobb argued that illegal migrants impacted by the Trump administration\u2019s attempt to expand expedited removals \u201chave a weighty liberty interest in remaining here and therefore must be afforded due process under the Fifth Amendment.\u201d
\u201cWhen it exponentially expanded the population subject to expedited removal, the Government did not, however, in any way adapt its procedures to this new group of people,\u201d she wrote. \u201cBut when it comes to people living in the interior of the country, prioritizing speed over all else will inevitably lead the Government to erroneously remove people via this truncated process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cobb is the same judge who will rule on a lawsuit filed against Trump by Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook, whom the president is attempting to fire over allegations that she committed mortgage fraud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis activist judge\u2019s ruling ignores the President\u2019s clear authorities under both Article II of the Constitution and the plain language of federal law,\u201d a Department of Homeland Security official told The Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe previous administration facilitated an invasion of our country at the southern border,\u201d the official continued. \u201cDHS is exercising its full authority under federal law by placing illegal aliens who have been here for less than two years into expedited removal.\u201d
\u201cPresident Trump has a mandate to arrest and deport the worst of the worst. We have the law, facts, and common sense on our side.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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