Trump-appointed judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Maryland courts over deportations

A Trump-appointed judge dismissed the case against the Maryland judiciary over an order barring the government from deporting immigrants for at least one day.

The judge called the Trump administration’s attacks on judges “unprecedented.”

A Donald Trump-appointed federal judge has dismissed the case brought by the Department of Justice against the entire Maryland judiciary over a standing order that bars the government from deporting undocumented immigrants for at least one day after they file a legal challenge to their detention.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen called the Trump administration’s attacks on district judges across the country a “smear” and “unprecedented and unfortunate.”