US Government is introducing a new deportation procedure for illegal entrants in the country, which it says fast-track the counter of illegal immigration.
Under the new guidelines by the US Immigration Office, migrants who cannot prove they have been in the US continuously for more than two years illegal can be immediately deported.
Until now, expedited deportations could only be applied to those detained near the US border, and those who have been in the US for less than two weeks.
Kevin McAleenan, acting secretary of Homeland Security, said the change was “a necessary response to the ongoing immigration crisis” and would help to relieve the burden on courts and detention centres.
US Border Patrol says it has made 688,375 apprehensions on the south-west border since October 2018, more than double that of the previous fiscal year.
Several analysts predict US President Donald Trump will make hard-line immigration control a key element of his re-election campaign in 2020.
Previously, only people detained within 100 miles (160km) of the border who had been in the US for less than two weeks could be deported quickly.
Migrants who were found elsewhere, or who had been in the country for more than two weeks, would need to be processed through the courts and would be entitled to legal representation.
But the new rules state that people can be deported regardless of where in the country they are when they are detained, and without allowing them access to a lawyer.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the new rules would allow it to pursue large numbers of illegal migrants more efficiently. The new rule is expected to be implemented with immediate effect after it is likely to be approved on 23 July 2019.
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