Overview

• U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb issued a temporary injunction stopping DHS from applying the broadened expedited removal policy across the U.S. interior and to migrants on parole.
• In a 48-page opinion, Cobb wrote the truncated process “prioritizes speed” and risks wrongful deportations, invoking Fifth Amendment protections.
• The decision preserves the longstanding use of expedited removal near the southern border but blocks its January extension to people unable to prove two years of continuous residence.
• The lawsuit was filed by the ACLU on behalf of Make The Road New York, arguing the expansion violates constitutional and administrative-law safeguards.
• The administration is expected to appeal, and the freeze complicates reported internal targets for stepped-up removals.