Thread by @kyledcheney

Judge Murphy cites to my Oct. 31 story about the extraordinary, one-sided rebuke judges have given to the Trump administration's policy of mass detention for immigrants facing deportation proceedings: more than 100 judges had ruled against the administration in around 200 cases.

The stats from two weeks ago included judicial rejections from :
-Biden appointees (50)
-Obama appointees (31)
-Trump appointees (12)
-George W. Bush appointees (12)
-Clinton appointees (6)
-Reagan appointees (2)

Compared to two judges who sided with the administration:

-Obama appointee (1)
-Trump appointee (1)

However...

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

In the last two weeks, the number has skyrocketed in similarly lopsided ways. The current count, as of yesterday:

140 judges have now rejected the administration's policy of mass detention without bond — in at least 335 cases. The updated states, by my count:

Biden appointees: 60
Obama appointees: 38
George W. Bush appointees: 14
Trump appointees: 14
Clinton appointees: 10
Reagan appointees: 2
George H.W. Bush appointees: 2

Five judges have now sided with the administration

Obama appointees: 1
Trump appointees 4

No appeals court has weighed in yet, which led one judge to plead that litigants seek a higher court's judgment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

And while it's easy to get lost in the stats, the specific stories of people who are being locked up are important too.

Murphy's new ruling came in the case of a Salvadoran immigrant who arrived in the US in 2016 as a 13 year old and had received a special juvenile status, which made him eligible to become a lawful permanent resident, a status he appears close to achieving.