Catholic Law's Professor Emeritus Stacy Brustin was recently quoted in an article by CNN. The piece delved into the Trump administration's aggressive deportation efforts, focusing specifically on the impact these policies have recently had on U.S. citizen children who were removed from the country during an expedited deportation of a noncitizen parent.

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CNN Politics
Date: Sat May 3, 2025
By Devan Cole
What happens with US citizen children caught up in Trump’s deportation push

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“Right now, the emphasis is on numbers, numbers, numbers – deport as many people as possible. These are all mothers who had removal orders, so they’re easy to deport. You don’t have to go through a whole hearing process unless an immigration judge grants a petition to reopen the case. So the focus is on just getting them out the door,” said Stacy Brustin, an expert on immigration and family law who serves as the director of the Immigration Law & Policy Initiative at Catholic Law. “This rushed process, however, tramples on the due process rights of all involved and directly violates ICE’s own policy directive.”

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