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Created: 2025-07-23 18:16:36 UTC

A key part of the Trump administration’s hardline immigration agenda is to deport immigrants without legal status more quickly.

But there's a massive backlog in immigration courts, and the Justice Department has fired or not renewed the contracts of dozens of judges.

PBS News Hour's @IAmAmnaNawaz spoke to NPR's @Ximena_Bustillo to learn more.

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