Judge deals severe blow to Trump admin’s ploy to force through deportations

The Trump administration was dealt a major blow Monday after a federal judge blocked an effort to severely limit appeals to immigration judges’ decisions, including deportations, marking just the latest setback in President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.

The Trump administration issued a rule in early February designed to “streamline administrative appellate review by the Board of Immigration Appeals,” a rule that would have made appealing an immigration judge’s ruling far more difficult.