Appeals Court Revives Trump’s Nationwide Fast-Track Deportations in 2-1 Ruling
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 23
Appeals Court Revives Trump’s Nationwide Fast-Track Deportations in 2-1 Ruling
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 23
Summary
A federal appeals court on Tuesday let the Trump administration resume expedited deportations nationwide, restoring a key piece of its mass-deportation agenda.
The 2-1 D.C. Circuit ruling overturned a lower-court block from last August that said the policy could strip potentially millions of immigrants of hearings and risk wrongful detention.
Judge Justin Walker wrote that Congress gave the executive branch authority to decide which migrants face expedited removal; Judge Robert Wilkins dissented and would have kept the block in place.
The policy, expanded in January 2025 to the broadest scope allowed by law, lets DHS use a process usually reserved for people caught soon after crossing the southern border.
Walker also said DHS was not required to tell detainees they could avoid fast-track removal by proving at least 2 years of continuous U.S. residence.