US appeals court upholds block on Trump’s expanded fast-track deportation plan

A federal appeals court on Saturday refused to allow the Trump administration to expand its fast-track deportation program, which sought to permit expedited removal of migrants living well beyond US border regions.

In a 2–1 decision, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals declined to pause a lower court ruling that found the expanded policy violated migrants’ due process rights by allowing them to be detained and deported from anywhere within the country.

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