How Donald Trump plans to ramp up deportations
A gusher of funds from Congress could accelerate removals
IT HAS BEEN hard to keep track of the blitz of new immigration policies that President Donald Trump has introduced since taking office in January. During the first 100 days of his second presidency he has tried to end birthright citizenship; used war powers to deport alleged gang members to El Salvador; revoked the visas of more than 1,700 international students and recent graduates; and classified some 6,000 migrants as dead in order to cancel their Social Security cards and encourage them to self-deport. That is just a short list.
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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Primed for removals”
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Expect more chaos in Donald Trump’s tariff policies
He will likely zig-zag in response to markets and Republican dissent
Donald Trump hopes to become a one-man deregulator
He wants to revoke federal rules faster than ever but will meet resistance
How courts might stop Donald Trump’s attack on civil society
A recent unanimous Supreme Court case augurs a showdown
Who will stop Donald Trump’s drive for unchecked power?
Congress is inert, but a deft Supreme Court might contain him