The Supreme Court Should Reset the Debate on Immigration Enforcement

Ihave warned a number of times (see, e.g., here, here, here, here, and here) that the edgy, and occasionally illegal, steps the Trump administration is taking in its push to deport illegal aliens have had the unintended consequence of inviting federal district judges back into an immigration-enforcement thicket from which Congress directed that they be excluded.

This is now a profound problem for the administration. Of the 677 district judgeships Congress has authorized throughout the country, two-thirds of them (about 455 judges) were appointed by Presidents Obama and Biden. Those appointees are almost uniformly activist progressives who have few if any qualms about rewriting removal statutes to make them more alien-friendly.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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Ihave warned a number of times (see, e.g., here, here, here, here, and here) that the edgy, and occasionally illegal, steps the Trump administration is taking in its push to deport illegal aliens have had the unintended consequence of inviting federal district judges back into an immigration-enforcement thicket from which Congress directed that they be excluded.

This is now a profound problem for the administration. Of the 677 district judgeships Congress has authorized throughout the country, two-thirds of them (about 455 judges) were appointed by Presidents Obama and Biden. Those appointees are almost uniformly activist progressives who have few if any qualms about rewriting removal statutes to make them more alien-friendly.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.