MAGA judges damn Texas ICE murder

[Opinion. This administration sees no separation of powers. The executive is quite able to ignore the judiciary.]

Texas ICE Killing Takes Damning Turn as Even MAGA Judges Abandon Trump

Greg Sargent

The Daily Beast: 10 Jul 2026

SOURCE: https://newrepublic.com/article/212925/texas-ice-killing-takes-damning-turn-even-maga-judges-abandon-trump

ICE killed a 52-year-old undocumented immigrant in Texas this week. ICE’s account was already suspect. But now a representative for the man’s family says that the three other men driving with him—who are likely witnesses to the killing—are getting pressured to self-deport in a potential effort to silence them.

Second, Politico reports that a key piece of Trump’s deportation agenda—detentions without bond—has now lost in court a staggering 15,000 times. And get this: A majority of Trump-appointed judges who have considered the policy have rejected it. These things are related: The mounting lawlessness on many fronts is alienating even Trump judges.