Trump's administration changed the deportation procedure and expanded the list of illegal immigrants

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The head of the US Department of Homeland Security, John Kelly, signed the 2 new edict, which expands the list of illegal immigrants to be deported, and also gives broader powers to immigration officers.

In addition, thousands of new agents are expected to be admitted to the immigration services, reports The Washington Post.

The new decrees also shorten the time frame for deportation procedures, in particular court hearings, and give federal immigration services the right to use local law enforcement agencies to arrest “illegal immigrants”.

“The surge in immigration at the southern border of the United States may exceed the resources of federal agencies and pose a threat to national security,” reads the preamble to the documents signed by Kelly.

The new rules introduced by these decrees almost completely change the rules and deportation procedure established by previous US administrations.

According to the new rules, all illegal immigrants who have been in the country for up to 2 years are subject to an accelerated deportation procedure; under the old rules, such a procedure could only be applied to those who were illegally in the United States for no more than 2 weeks.

The signed documents will also allow the immediate deportation of Mexican immigrants detained at the border, instead of keeping them in the United States until the end of the court hearing; they also provide for the possibility of potential punishment of parents of minors from Mexico and Central America who crossed the US border unaccompanied, if it is proved that the parents paid for smuggling their children across the border.

Defenders of the rights of immigrants believe that these documents will lead to a significant increase in the number of raids and operations to detain “illegal immigrants”, as well as the deportation of hundreds of thousands of people, including those who were protected from deportation during the presidency of Barack Obama. It is about 750 thousands of immigrants brought to the US by parents in childhood, reports Reuters.

The documents also provide for the deportation of those illegal immigrants who committed the crime but escaped punishment for it.

Decrees also give immigration agents broad authority in deciding who to deport and who not, and argue that everyone who is in the US is illegal is subject to deportation.

At the same time, the decrees say nothing about the involvement of the National Guard for the deportation of “illegal immigrants”, although, according to the media, this option was considered.

Recall, 27 January Trump suspended on 120 days the reception of refugees in the United States and on 90 days, it prohibited entry into the United States to citizens of countries with a predominantly Muslim population: Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen.

The ban was suspended by the court, the presidential administration announced its intention to continue the legal struggle.

January 25 signed a decree toughening the law on refuge cities, as well as an expanding list of persons subject to deportation.

Based on it in early February the immigration police conducted raids, in several states, during which 680 people were arrested.

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