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A federal appeals court on June 23 allowed the Trump administration to resume expanded use of expedited removal nationwide while the lawsuit over the policy continues. The ruling lifts a lower-court block and gives the administration back a tool that can speed up deportations without the kind of hearing immigrants would get before a judge. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/cd0ffc2dc1df05568952e9149569bbbb))

Expedited removal has long been used at or near the border and for some migrants arriving by sea. The change at issue in this case came in January, when Trump expanded the process to undocumented migrants across the United States. Under that shift, immigration agents began using the process more broadly, including against people picked up at courthouses after immigration proceedings. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/cd0ffc2dc1df05568952e9149569bbbb))

The appeals panel’s decision does not settle the legal question. It means the administration can keep using the policy while the challenge works its way through court, and it reverses a district judge’s order that had paused the expansion. The D.C. Circuit’s majority said the plaintiffs had not shown the written directives violated due process, while the earlier district court ruling had found the administration had not built enough safeguards against wrongful removals. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/cd0ffc2dc1df05568952e9149569bbbb))

That leaves the administration with a more aggressive enforcement option at a time when Trump has made faster deportations a central promise of his immigration agenda. Supporters call the policy an efficient way to move cases that do not need full hearings. Opponents argue it raises the risk of mistakes, especially when people may have lived in the country for years and may qualify for protections that are not always obvious on the spot. Those disputes now continue under a policy the government can use again for the moment, even as the case remains open. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/cd0ffc2dc1df05568952e9149569bbbb))