Era of Amnesty Is Over: President Trump Restores Rule of Law to Immigration Courts

Since President Donald J. Trump returned to office, the United States has launched the most aggressive and successful immigration enforcement overhaul in modern history — and that extends to immigration courts. After four years of Biden-era chaos turned immigration courts into de facto amnesty factories for unvetted illegals, the Trump Administration is remaking the broken system.

President Trump took decisive action, replacing activist judges — who slow-walked deportations and granted asylum at sky-high rates — with professionals committed to enforcing the law, not undermining it.

No more activist judges shielding criminal illegals. No more endless delays. Only results.

Asylum grant rates have collapsed: Under President Trump, asylum is now granted in just 7% of cases — a historic low, plummeting from over 50% rubber-stamped under Biden.
 Deportations and removal orders are surging: In fiscal year 2025, immigration courts issued nearly 500,000 removal orders — a 57% increase over the prior year — as criminal illegals are removed faster and in far greater numbers than ever before.

The massive court backlog is being slashed: Hundreds of thousands of cases have already been cleared since Inauguration Day, with reductions accelerating every month — ending the years-long delays that let illegals remain indefinitely.

 Overall enforcement is delivering results: More than three million illegals have left the country in President Trump’s second term — the largest reduction in illegal immigration in modern history — while zero illegals have been released at the border for 11 straight months.

President Trump promised to end the open borders nightmare — and he is delivering on that promise with unrelenting force. The era of catch-and-release, mass releases, and activist judicial amnesty is over.

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