'Hidden tribunals': Immigration court due process in tumult with new locations

The new effort appears to be another tactic in a broader Trump administration strategy to short-circuit immigrants' already limited due process options in order to speed deportations.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4953x3304+0+0/resize/4953x3304!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb9%2F1f%2F29ebe1644efebd31b49cab8864d0%2Fgettyimages-2239332539.jpg' alt='People line up before their hearings at the New York Federal Plaza Immigration Court in October 2025.'/><p>The new effort appears to be another tactic in a broader Trump administration strategy to short-circuit immigrants' already limited due process options in order to speed deportations.</p><p>(Image credit: Charly Triballeau)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-142042' />