Published July 30, 2026 at 2:54 PM ET · Updated July 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET
Top DHS official: rogue judges are sabotaging President Trump's immigration agenda
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A senior Department of Homeland Security official stated that certain judges are obstructing President Trump's immigration policies. The official described these judges as working against the administration's immigration agenda.
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⚖ The Constitutional Angle
Judges reviewing removals act within their constitutional role. Yamataya v. Fisher held that an alien who has entered the United States cannot be removed without due process. INS v. St. Cyr confirmed federal courts retain habeas jurisdiction over legal questions in removal cases, because eliminating that review raises a serious Suspension Clause problem. This is the constitutional design, not sabotage.
Kaoru Yamataya v. Thomas M. Fisher, Immigrant and Chinese Inspector (The Japanese Immigrant Case) 189 U.S. 86 (1903)
Vote: Majority for the Court (Harlan); Brewer and Peckham dissenting. Exact 7-2 tally not… · Opinion: Harlan
Although Congress may commit exclusion and deportation to executive officers without judicial trial, an alien who has landed and become part of the U.S.
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
Vote: 5-4 · Opinion: Justice John Paul Stevens
Two holdings. (1) Jurisdiction: notwithstanding AEDPA and IIRIRA's review-stripping provisions, federal district courts retain jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to decide pure questions of law in habeas petitions filed by aliens facing removal. Because barring all judicial review of such questions would raise a serious Suspension Clause problem — habeas at its historical core ran to executive detention — the Court required a clear, unambiguous statement from Congress before reading a statute to eliminate habeas, and found none.
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