President Trump entered Labor Day weekend hoping to showcase his signature promises on jobs and economic strength. Instead, federal appeals courts have delivered back-to-back rulings that throw key parts of his immigration and trade agenda into doubt.

On Friday, an appeals court issued an emergency order stopping the deportation of a group of children bound for Central America. The plane was reportedly on its way to Guatemala when the ruling came down, forcing immigration officials to halt the removal and turn the plane around. The episode underscored both the speed with which the administration has tried to carry out Trump’s sweeping deportation order — and the growing resistance it faces in the courts.

The White House has framed the mass removals as necessary to protect American worker

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