Overview

• U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington issued a temporary injunction that pauses the accelerated removal system across the country.
• Her decision concluded the government’s procedure does not adequately protect due process rights, including the opportunity to be heard before deportation.
• The court sided with a migrant-rights group that sued to challenge the policy.
• The administration had broadened expedited removal from border areas and very recent arrivals to migrants encountered anywhere in the United States.
• Trump has pledged to deport “millions and millions” of irregular migrants, while roughly 11 million people are estimated to be living in the U.S. without valid papers, many working in agriculture, construction and hospitality.