A federal judge delivered a blow to President Donald Trump 's immigration crackdown on Friday, halting his administration's efforts to speed up deportations without due process — noting how "everyone would be at risk" of losing their rights if the government got its way, "not only noncitizens."

"The government could accuse you of entering unlawfully, relegate you to a bare-bones proceeding where it would 'prove' your unlawful entry, and then immediately remove you," wrote U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, a Joe Biden appointee, in a 48-page opinion handed down in District Court for the District of Columbia .

"By merely accusing you of entering unlawfully, the government would deprive you of any meaningful opportunity to disprove its allegations," Cobb said. "Fortunately, that is not the law.

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