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Al Jazeera Staff

Trump administration sues Maryland court system over deportation rulings

Ama Frimpong, legal director for the immigrant rights nonprofit CASA, speaks outside the US District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, on May 16 [Leah Millis/Reuters]

The administration of United States President Donald Trump has filed an extraordinary lawsuit against the Maryland district court system and its federal judges, accusing them of having “used and abused” their powers to stymie deportations.

The complaint was lodged late on Tuesday. In its 22 pages, the administration accuses Maryland’s federal courts of “unlawful, anti-democratic” behaviour for placing limits on Trump’s deportation policies.

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