US EditionTrump administration cannot expand rapid deportations, US appeals court rules
A federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that fast-track deportation expansion risks violating migrants’ due process rights under the Fifth Amendment.
- On Saturday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declined to clear the Trump administration's effort to expand a fast-track deportation process nationwide, leaving much of a lower-court injunction intact after the administration asked the court to stay that ruling.
- In January, the administration expanded expedited removal to cover non-citizens apprehended anywhere in the U.S. who could not show two years' presence, mirroring a 2019 policy later rescinded by President Joe Biden.
- The majority wrote that the administration posed `“serious risks of erroneous summary removal”` and doubted due process protections, while U.S. Circuit Judge Neomi Rao dissented, calling Judge Jia Cobb's ruling `impermissible judicial interference`.
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The essence of the court ruling lies in the seriousness of the violation of due process in which such deportations occur.
Trump administration cannot expand rapid deportations, US appeals court rules
A federal appeals court on Saturday declined to clear the way for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to expand a fast-track deportation process to allow for the expedited removal of migrants who are living far away from the border.
The government wanted to be able to deport migrants nationwide and not only in border proximity by rapid procedure. Several airlines have cancelled flights to Venezuela
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