Your Daily UpdatesA federal appeals court just handed the Trump administration sweeping new power to deport people from anywhere in the country — without a hearing, without a judge, and without the due process most Americans assume the Constitution guarantees.On June 23, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit threw out a lower-court order that had paused the administration's expanded use of "expedited removal." The 2-1 ruling means fast-track deportations are no longer limited to people caught near the border. They can now reach deep into the interior of the United States.Expedited removal lets immigration officers deport someone without ever bringing them before a judge. No courtroom. No hearing. The officer decides, and the person can be removed in a matter of days.The two judges in the majority were both appointed by Trump. The lone dissent warned about exactly what's now in play: stripping people of the chance to make their case before they're forced out of the country.The policy can move forward while the larger legal fight continues. Critics say this guts basic due-process protections and opens the door to wrongful deportations of people with a legal right to stay. Supporters call it a faster path to enforcing immigration law. Where do you land?
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