Dan Balz: “From the day he came down the escalator to announce his candidacy for the White House, President Donald Trump has had one go-to issue in his political playbook: immigration. He rode it to the White House in 2016 and again in 2024. He has now ridden it into a major confrontation with the courts.
”“The battle has been building for weeks, a clash over the rule of law and due process vs. the Trump administration’s assertions of presidential power and its resistance to challenges by federal district court judges.”