The ruling was a big victory for the Republican administration, which views the expansion of so-called expedited removal as a key tool for carrying out its mass deportation policy.

A federal appeals court has reinstated Trump's plan to use expedited removal to deport illegal immigrants inside the U.S., not just at the border.

A federal appeals court handed President Donald Trump a significant win in his mass deportation efforts with a ruling Tuesday reviving his administration’s move to speed up…