Trump Admin Live Updates: Judge Limits Expedited Removals

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  "title": "Federal Judge Blocks Trump Management's Expanded Use of Expedited Removal",
  "date": null,
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "content": "A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's expanded use of expedited removal, dealing a major, but possibly temporary, blow to the president's deportation agenda."
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "content": "U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, D.C., ruled the Trump administration's reliance on the expedited process to detain immigrants in the interior of the country with little to no due process is unlawful."
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "content": "Expedited removal is a streamlined process that allows the government to quickly remove a migrant from the country. Under the Biden administration, its use was typically restricted to apply to migrants who had recently crossed into the country and were found near the southern border."
    },
    {
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      "alttext": "A man is detained by federal agents after leaving a court hearing in immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on August 26, 2025 in New York City.",
      "caption": "A man is detained by federal agents after leaving a court hearing in immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on August 26,2025 in New York City.",
      "credit": "Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images",
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    "A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's expanded use of expedited removal.",
    "Judge Jia Cobb ruled the Trump administration's use of expedited removal for interior detentions was unlawful.",
    "Expedited removal is a fast process for removing migrants.",
    "Under the Biden administration, expedited removal was primarily used for migrants near the southern border."
  ]
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