The Trump administration announced that it will expand rapid deportation powers nationwide

On January 25th, the Trump administration announced that it will expand the fast track deportation authority nationwide, allowing immigration officials to deport immigrants without trial by a judge. Mayor Las Balaka of Newark, New Jersey, stated that on the 23rd, federal agents detained several undocumented residents and citizens at a local company without presenting arrest warrants. On the 24th, US media reported that an internal memo from the Department of Homeland Security showed that the Trump administration has authorized federal immigration officials to revoke the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants allowed to enter the United States during former President Biden’s tenure and seek to deport them.

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