A federal judge in Maryland issued a standing order this week that automatically grants injunctions against the government in response to petitions for writs of habeas corpus filed by immigrants facing deportation or a change of their legal status.

The two-page order , issued by Chief U.S. District Judge for Maryland George L. Russell III, a Barack Obama appointee, cites a deluge of emergency immigration proceedings under the Trump administration to justify the preemptive, though time-limited, ban on deportations.

And, the court says, such proceedings have created an administrative headache – pressure the court intends to try and alleviate.

“The recent influx of habeas petitions concerning alien detainees purportedly subject to improper and imminent removal from the United States that h

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