Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have launched a national initiative to launch the arrest of illegal immigrants at immigration and asylum hearings, Fox News learned.
This effort targets illegal immigrants in the United States for less than two years. DHS Strategy It involves withdrawing their immigration cases, arresting immigrants and placing them in a prompt deportation procedure.
The initiative requires DHS to drop cases when there are cases where immigration is pending, as it cannot be proposed for quick removal.
An ICE source who spoke to Fox News Digital on condition of anonymity says Americans should expect to see “more” of these types of arrests.
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Ice officers will begin arresting migrants when they show up for the immigration and asylum hearing. (ice)
The new policy is likely to lead to a surge in the deportation of immigrants who have not committed crimes other than illegally crossing the US-Mexico border. So far, the Trump administration has focused its efforts on deporting illegal immigrants convicted of other serious crimes.
Policy news arises as the Department of Homeland Security is in multiple court battles on deportation efforts.
A federal judge ruled it on Wednesday. DHS was violated A court order this week when sending a plane full of eight illegal immigrants to South Sudan.
US District Judge Brian Murphy ruled that immigrants convicted of crimes ranging from murder to robbery were not properly given “reliable and fearful interviews.” The interviews allow immigrants to be deported to a third-party country and put them at risk if sent there.
Murphy said he is investigating whether Denner could conduct interviews in South Sudan rather than returning to the US soon.
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Murphy previously found that plans to deport people to Libya without notice would “evidently” violate a ruling on third-party deportation.
