Judges Bypass Pro-Trump Immigration Rulings
February 11, 2026·22 days ago·via thefederalist.com

Activist judges in Texas and beyond use legal workarounds to ignore the 5th Circuit's ruling upholding Trump's mass detention policy for illegal immigrants. Judges like El Paso-based Kathleen Cardone, a Bush appointee, and David Briones, a Clinton pick, claim the decision has no bearing on their habeas cases, freeing detainees despite established connections to the U.S. Even a Trump-appointed judge in Brownsville seeks updates, while a Biden judge in New Jersey dismisses the ruling outright. Read more about this...
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