A federal judge on Friday temporarily barred the Trump administration from expediting deportations amid President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.

U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ruled that the administration's moves to speed up the removal of undocumented migrants without appearing before a judge stood in the way of individual due process rights.

"In defending this skimpy process, the Government makes a truly startling argument: that those who entered the country illegally are entitled to no process under the Fifth Amendment, but instead must accept whatever grace Congress affords them,” Cobb wrote. “Were that right, not only noncitizens, but everyone would be at risk,"

She continued in the 48-page opinion, "The Government could accuse you of entering unlawfully, relegate you to a bare-bones proceeding where it would 'prove' your unlawful entry, and then immediately remove you."

"By merely accusing you of entering unlawfully, the Government would deprive you
of any meaningful opportunity to disprove its allegations," she added. "Fortunately, that........

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