Overview

• U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb issued a 48-page opinion halting the expansion beyond border-adjacent, recent-entry cases.
• The administration had moved to apply expedited removal inside the country to migrants present for longer periods.
• Cobb warned of a significant risk of erroneous deportations and criticized the approach as “reckless.”
• Make the Road New York filed the challenge, alleging arrests and removals from immigration courts without hearings.
• The government defends the policy as a lawful effort to streamline enforcement, and the judge said the ruling does not question use of expedited removal at the border.