BREAKING: Biden REVERSES Trump's expanded 'expedited removal' which meant any migrant in the US under two years could be immediately deported - while fears grow of massive border influx when COVID restrictions end
The Biden administration on Friday reversed a Trump-era expansion of 'expedited removal,' whereby some illegal immigrants can be rapidly deported without an appearance before a judge.
The July 23, 2019 rule targeted immigrants across the nation who could not prove they had been in the U.S. continuously for two years or more. Prior to the rule's expansion, the 2004 expedited removal policy only applied to a 100-mile zone from the border, to those who had arrived by sea or to those who had been in the U.S. 14 days or fewer.
In announcing the reversal of the expansion, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
withdrawal notice said that the Trump-era rule had been used so infrequently due to 'operational complexities and limited utility. The notice said that more aggressive use of the rule could subject Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to more legal challenges.
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