Trump RUNS into MAJOR ROAD BLOCK in NEW ORDER

Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian discuss a major DC Circuit victory as a three-judge panel (2-1 decision) kept a nationwide block against Trump's expansion of expedited removal. The administration tried expanding fast-track deportation—previously limited to migrants within 100 miles of the border who'd been in the US less than 14 days—to apply anywhere nationwide for anyone here less than two years, allowing deportations without seeing an immigration judge. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb blocked the expansion for violating Fifth Amendment due process, and the DC Circuit refused to stay that block pending appeal. The hosts emphasize this isn't about preventing border enforcement—it's protecting constitutional due process for people in the country's interior. Brian stresses the Constitution protects everyone on U.S. soil regardless of immigration status, and expedited removal without adequate safeguards risks deporting U.S. citizens through mistaken identity, people with valid asylum claims fleeing persecution, or those with legal right to remain. The administration has been dismissing pending immigration cases (including asylum claims) and arresting people at courthouses to funnel them into expedited removal, circumventing standard proceedings. Shant compares it to eliminating criminal trials because most defendants are guilty—even a few innocent people harmed makes the system unacceptable.

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