Trump administration considering using defense funding to ramp up deportations
Tapping into DoD funding to hire contractors would vastly expand the scale and scope of immigrant arrests and deportations in the U.S.
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Trump and allies ramp up attacks on judges, courts as agenda hits legal roadblocks
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The Memo: Trump, allies ramp up attacks on courts
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