A federal appeals court on Tuesday sided with Trump and ruled that ICE may resume swift deportations.
In January 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled, “Protecting the American People Against Invasion.”
Last August, a federal judge blocked President Trump from rapidly deporting illegal aliens.
US District Judge Jia Cobb, a Biden appointee, called President Trump’s expedited removal of illegal aliens from the interior of the US a “skimpy process.”
“The procedures the Government currently uses in expedited removal, however, create a significant risk that it will not identify these disqualifying criteria before quickly ordering someone removed. And the lack of available review means that once the removal happens, it is largely too late to correct the error,” Judge Cobb wrote in a 48-page opinion.
On Tuesday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision threw out a lower court ruling that blocked Trump from carrying out mass deportations.
The three judge panel included: Majority: Walker (Trump), Rao (Trump) and Dissent: Wilkins (Obama).