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D.C. Appeals Court Keeps Nationwide Expedited-Removal Expansion on Hold

The ruling preserves a lower-court block based on concerns that the policy erodes due-process rights.

Overview

  • The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declined to stay a district court injunction, leaving the expansion blocked for now.
  • The administration moved in January to apply fast-track deportations across the country to noncitizens unable to prove two years of U.S. presence.
  • Expedited removal has for nearly three decades been used primarily for people apprehended at the border.
  • The appeals court scheduled arguments on the government’s appeal for December 9 in Washington.
  • In a separate September action, a judge temporarily halted the planned return of hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children.