A federal immigration agent tackles a protester to the ground in Minneapolis, in February 2026. | Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images
Two judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, a court dominated by MAGA Republicans, just handed the Trump administration broad authority to lock up millions of immigrants — provided that it can get those immigrants to Texas, Louisiana, or Mississippi.
In the short term, the Fifth Circuit’s decision in Buenrostro-Mendez v. Bondi is likely to accelerate the Trump administration’s already-common practice of t...
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