Published April 30, 2025
The courts are significantly hampering President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport illegal immigrants, but Republicans in Congress can use their budget reconciliation powers to help him.
Courts are getting in the way for a host of reasons. In some cases, Trump is pushing the boundaries of executive power. In others, his methods run afoul of basic due process standards. Those obstacles are likely to remain no matter what Congress does.
However, neither Trump nor Republicans should lose sight of their goals. Trump voters, including the many non-Republicans who switched their support to him from 2020, want the illegal migration problem solved for good.
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Henry Olsen, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, studies and provides commentary on American politics. His work focuses on how America’s political order is being upended by populist challenges, from the left and the right. He also studies populism’s impact in other democracies in the developed world.
