US judge blocks Trump administration from fast-tracking deportations
Source: USA Today/Reuters
Published 3:29 p.m. ET March 28, 2025
BOSTON, March 28 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from deporting migrants to countries with which they had no existing relationship without giving them a chance to raise claims that they would face persecution or torture if sent there.
U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston issued a nationwide temporary restraining order designed to protect migrants subject to final orders of removal from being swiftly deported to countries other than those that had already been identified during immigration proceedings.
His decision came in a lawsuit filed on Sunday by a group of migrants represented by immigrant rights advocates challenging a policy U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently adopted that is aimed at fast-tracking the deportations of thousands of migrants who had been previously released from detention.
That February 18 directive instructed officers to review all cases of individuals previously released from detention, including those who have complied with the terms of their release, for re-detention and removal to a third country. Lawyers for the migrants argued the policy exposed an untold number of people to the risk of deportation to countries where they might face danger without providing them any notice or opportunity to present a fear-based claim.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/28/judge-trump-deportations-judge-tro-persecution-torture/82708883007/
I think this is a new ruling and is a nationwide injunction.
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