Following a lawsuit filed by the states of Arizona, Montana, and Ohio, alleging that the government violated the law by modifying and establishing deportation priorities for undocumented immigrants with outstanding removal orders, District Judge Michael Newman suspended the deportation priorities and ordered the government to carry out pending removals. He further stated that the federal government does not have the authority to modify laws regarding the capture and deportation of foreigners that the U.S. Congress has enacted through due legislative process.
This blocks Section 2 of the memorandum issued by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on September 30, 2021, which establishes new deportation priorities.
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