Federal Courts Impede Trump Immigration Crackdown: The Brief

THE FEDERAL COURTS have hindered Donald Trump’s ability to carry out a far-reaching anti-immigration agenda — including the largest deportation campaign in US history — during the first 100 days of the president’s second term, Andrew Kreighbaum and Ellen M. Gilmer report.

• Trump issued 175 directives focused on immigration through April 22, a nearly six-fold jump compared to the same period in his first term, according to the Migration Policy Institute. At least 50 multi-plaintiff suits have challenged those measures, according to MPI, while individuals affected by enforcement policies filed dozens of others.
  
• Following the barrage of orders and challenges ...