Obama-Appointed Judge With Deep Democrat Ties Overturns Trump Immigration Rules
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June 5, 2026
A federal judge who had previously made about $500,000 in campaign contributions to Democrats vacated Trump administration immigration policies that halted asylum processing and froze immigration benefits based on nationality. The judge, U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the District of Rhode Island, is a Barack Obama appointee. The case was based on...
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