Federal appeals court hands Trump massive win on lower court's blocking of deportations
President Donald Trump's push to get control over America's immigration system and controls is working, and thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court and some federal courts, he's chalking up major victories that allow him to continue with his plans.
According to The Hill, a federal appeals court cleared the way for the Trump administration to end deportation protections for two specific groups -- Afghans and Cameroonians.
In total, the court's bombshell decision will allow the Trump administration to deport a staggering 10,000 people who fall into one of those two categories, angering Democrats to no end.
The people in those categories have enjoyed Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for years and haven't had to worry about deportation until now.
What's going on?
Many lower federal courts have worked overtime to block Trump's policies on the matter -- especially policies regarding getting rid of TPS for certain groups.
The Hill noted:
While a lower court had agreed to block deportations for another week, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to continue to bar them while the legal battle continued.
“There is insufficient evidence to warrant the extraordinary remedy of a postponement of agency action pending appeal,” the federal appeals court wrote as it overruled the previous lower court's order.
TPS for citizens of Afghanistan and Cameroon was ended by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, though it was immediately shoved into the court system in several attempts to have the order blocked.
The Hill added:
In doing so, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reversed findings of the Biden administration that each country was too dangerous for its citizens to be returned.
Some 9,600 Afghans and nearly 3,500 Cameroonians have TPS, according to The National Immigration Forum.
Notably, for those affected by the court's ruling, in order to stay in America, they'll "have to apply for asylum or protections under the Convention Against Torture," according to the outlet.
Now what?
Most of the Afghans under the program fled to the U.S. under Joe Biden after the fall of Kabul.
Some of those have been given special visas for assisting U.S. military efforts in the country, and others have successfully applied for asylum.
Though the federal appeals court handed the Trump administration a win on the matter, it's only temporary.
It'll be interesting to see if it holds up, and many believe -- like other issues -- it will ultimately end up in the Supreme Court.