A lawyer for migrants in the case called the ruling “a forceful statement” that the White House has ignored the law.

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that a policy used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to deport undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. to countries where they are not citizens is an unconstitutional denial of their due process rights. So-called “Third-Country Removals” were adopted as official ICE policy in a memo last year, allowing for such deportations to take place with…

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