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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lindsay Whitehurst

Trump administration criticizes court rulings slowing immigration agenda in Supreme Court appeal

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The Trump administration is criticizing lower court judges who have slowed its efforts to strip legal protections from a broad swath of migrants living in the U.S. It's asking the Supreme Court to clear the way for moves that could expose thousands more people to deportation.

The Justice Department wants a broad ruling that would let it move more quickly to end legal protections for migrants from multiple countries, including Haiti and Syria, according to a letter sent to the high court on Monday.

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