Key facts
- A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to immediately resume processing immigration applications.
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had been unlawfully pausing immigration processing.
- U.S. District Judge John McConnell vacated the policies last week.
- DHS was accused of failing to comply with the prior court order.
- The judge stated that court orders vacating agency policies have immediate effect.
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to immediately resume processing immigration applications that were paused following a deadly shooting. U.S. District Judge John McConnell criticized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for failing to comply with a previous ruling that vacated the policies.