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November 25, 2025

Federal Appeals Court Ruling Limits Trump's Plans to Fast-Track Deportations
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A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration
from expanding its rapid deportations of some immigrants, citing due
process violations. For some three decades, the U.S. government has
fast-tracked the removal of immigrants apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico
border. When Trump returned to office, expedited removals were then
expanded to include immigrants arrested anywhere in the United States
and who the Trump administration claimed could not prove they had lived
in the U.S. for at least two years.

In related news, the Trump administration is moving to revoke temporary
protected status for immigrants from Burma and Somalia. This will impact
hundreds of Somali immigrants living in Minnesota and nearly 4,000
immigrants from Burma, who will now face deportation. TPS is a relief
granted for immigrants fleeing war and other disasters that have made
their home countries unsafe. The Trump administration has already
revoked the relief for hundreds of thousands of other immigrants,
including Haitians, Venezuelans, Afghans and Nicaraguans.


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