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This is a MASSIVE and DANGEROUS change.
Now, if ICE believes someone is undocumented and has lived in the US for less than two years—with the burden on the immigrant to prove otherwise—they can deport that person within days, with almost no court review allowed.
Now, if ICE believes someone is undocumented and has lived in the US for less than two years—with the burden on the immigrant to prove otherwise—they can deport that person within days, with almost no court review allowed.
This is a good, easy way to understand expedited removal, which previously applied only to people who crossed in the past 14 days, and only within 100 miles of the US border.
Imagine you’ve lived in the US for three years.
You’re arrested by ICE on your way to work, and an ICE officer tells you that unless you prove to him—right here, right now—that you’ve lived here for more than two years, you’re on the next plane out.
You’re arrested by ICE on your way to work, and an ICE officer tells you that unless you prove to him—right here, right now—that you’ve lived here for more than two years, you’re on the next plane out.
Here is a basic primer on Expedited Removal (ER) that we put out in 2017 after Trump announced this was possible. It explains what ER is, who it applies to, and how it works. americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/prime…
For those looking for a more technical explanation of expedited removal, including legal issues around the process, here’s a joint practice advisory we @immcouncil put out with @NIPNLG and @ACLU following Trump’s Jan. 2017 Executive Order calling for this. americanimmigrationcouncil.org/practice_advis…
@immcouncil @NIPNLG @ACLU We @immcouncil are suing the Trump administration along with @ACLU to stop the dangerous and due-process-threatening expansion of expedited removal.
@immcouncil @NIPNLG @ACLU Great analysis from @MigrationPolicy on who could be legally subject to the expansion of expedited removal.
Of course, who can legally be subject to expanded ER, and who will erroneously be subject to expanded ER, are two different questions.
Of course, who can legally be subject to expanded ER, and who will erroneously be subject to expanded ER, are two different questions.
