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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Move To Fast-Track Deportations

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Move To Fast-Track Deportations Enlarge this image toggle caption Richard Drew/AP Richard Drew/AP Updated at 3:03 p.m. Sponsor Message National Trump Administration Expands Fast-Tracked Deportations Beyond Borders Trump Administration Expands Fast-Tracked Deportations Beyond Borders Listen · 4:01 4:01 In a 126-page report issued just before midnight on Friday, U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a preliminary injunction on the policy change. Sponsor Message The Department of Homeland Security had argued that the policy change would relieve overburdened immigration courts and "harmonize" existing regulations to apply equally to undocumented immigrants whether they arrive by land or sea. "The court rejected the Trump administration's illegal attempt to remove hundreds of thousands of people from the U.S. without any legal recourse," ACLU attorney Anand Balakrishnan, who argued the case, said in a statement.

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