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Ever since President Donald Trump took office, he’s been violating the law left and right to reach his mass deportation goals—and he’s faced an onslaught of lawsuits, a majority of which he’s losing.

In private, Trump has said he wants to deport 1 million immigrants in 2025, according to the Washington Post—but in his first 100 days, the numbers suggested he was not deporting people on a greater scale than past presidents. The judiciary—including judges appointed by Trump himself during his first term—has been the main line of defense against his lawless actions.

The courts have particularly been a thorn in the Trump administration’s side when it comes to the case of Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who the administration admitted was deported by mistake. Multiple federal judges ruled Abrego Garcia must be brought back home, and even the Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” his return, yet the father of three remains in El Salvador’s CECOT megaprison. The Supreme Court went even further earlier this month, blocking Trump’s efforts to continue the illegal extradition flights and declaring that the affected migrants had not been granted their full due process rights during the administration’s attempts to rush deportation flights to third-party countries. Instead of respecting court orders, the Trump administration is now eyeing a workaround: Cutting out the courts by suspending habeas corpus.

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