An appeals court has ruled against the Trump administration in a case over the legality of a fast-track deportation process called expedited removal.
Expedited removal has been used for over two decades at the border, and it’s only applicable to people who’ve been in the U.S. for less than two years.
But, as Reuters reports, the Trump administration is attempting to expand the process this year to allow it to be used on migrants who live far from the border.
A lower court ruling sided with an advocacy group earlier this year that filed suit against the policy’s expansion — arguing it cut away at due process rights for immigrants and prevented people from seeing a judge ahead of being removed.
In a 2-1 ruling over the weekend, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled to uphold that order and continue the block.
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The tool, originally reported by Axios, uses data from a July spending report that shows Congress or other federal agencies have put more than $268 billion in federal funds toward powering the Trump administration’s deportation agenda until 2029. -
Andrés Manuel López Beltrán says the revocation of his U.S. visa was politically motivated. -
The American Civil Liberties Union is dropping its bid to block enforcement of a new law that lets state and local police arrest some border crossers. -
ICE’s policy, issued in February 2025, says the agency will expeditiously review body camera footage in the event of serious harm of deaths in custody, and could release it within 72 hours — but only if it's determined that it’s “in the best interests of the agency” to do so. -
Leadership clarified that non-members — including employees or residents, guests of tribal members, travelers on public roadways and vendors tied to the Tohono O’odham Gaming Enterprise — may still travel freely “without any restrictions.”
