# Judge Orders US Government to Pay for Deportees' Flights Back to US; Trump Voter Roll Request Gets Blocked

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Podcast: [Facts Matter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/facts-matter-4835545)
Published: 2026-02-20T00:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

A D.C. judge has just ordered the Trump administration to pay for the return flights of deported illegal immigrants so they can stand trial in the United States. Meanwhile, in a separate case, a judge in Michigan has just denied the Trump administration’s request to obtain the voter rolls in that state. Let’s go through the details of both cases together.

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