{"id":662451,"date":"2019-07-23T09:47:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T09:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The US government is introducing a new fast-track deportation process that will bypass immigration courts.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new rules, migrants who cannot prove they have been in the US continuously for more t"},"modified":"2019-07-23T09:47:21","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T09:47:21","slug":"new-us-rules-gives-power-to-deport-migrants-without-going-to-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/23\/new-us-rules-gives-power-to-deport-migrants-without-going-to-court\/","title":{"rendered":"New US rules gives power to deport migrants without going to court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The US government is introducing a new fast-track deportation process that will bypass immigration courts.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new rules, migrants who cannot prove they have been in the US continuously for more than two years can be immediately deported.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, expedited deportations could only be applied to those detained near the border who had been in the US for less than two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Rights groups say hundreds of thousands of people could be affected.<\/p>\n<p>The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says it will challenge the policy in court.<\/p>\n<p>The new rule is expected to be implemented with immediate effect after it is published on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>US immigration policy has come under increasing scrutiny in recent months \u2013 in particular, the conditions at the country\u2019s detention centres on the southern border with Mexico.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_3_ads  \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \">\n<div class=\"ads_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"g g-5\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-10\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Citinewsroom-Ad-1.jpeg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kevin McAleenan, acting secretary of Homeland Security, said the change would \u201chelp to alleviate some of the burden and capacity issues\u201d at the border.<\/p>\n<p>He added that it was \u201ca necessary response to the ongoing immigration crisis\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say US President Donald Trump is planning to make hardline immigration control a key element of his re-election campaign in 2020.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">What\u2019s changing?<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the new rules would allow it to pursue large numbers of illegal migrants more efficiently.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">Who is affected?<\/h2>\n<p>There are about\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\">10.5 million undocumented immigrants in the US<\/span>, according to the Pew Research Center.<\/p>\n<p>The average undocumented adult immigrant has lived in the country for 15 years, it says.<\/p>\n<p>The DHS has said it could make exceptions for those with serious medical conditions or \u201csubstantial connections\u201d to US.<\/p>\n<p>It also says migrants who are eligible for asylum will still be entitled to speak to an asylum officer, who will access their claims.<\/p>\n<p>Muzaffar Chishti, a lawyer from the Migration Policy Institute, says many migrants will struggle to be able to prove how long they have lived in the country when they are put on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>He told CBS News: \u201cWhen you\u2019re apprehended on the street or at a factory, it\u2019s obviously not easy to establish with evidence that you\u2019ve been here for more than two years because you\u2019re not carrying all your documents with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">Who is objecting?<\/h2>\n<p>Within hours of the policy being announced on Monday, the ACLU said that it was planning to launch a legal challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are suing to quickly stop Trump\u2019s efforts to massively expand the expedited removal of immigrants,\u201d the rights group tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmigrants that have lived here for years will have less due process rights than people get in traffic court. The plan is unlawful. Period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vanita Gupta, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, told reporters: \u201cThe Trump administration is moving forward into converting ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] into a \u2018show me your papers\u2019 army.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Legal expert Jackie Stevens, a political science professor at Northwestern University, told Reuters that about 1% of the people detained by ICE and 0.5% of those deported were actually US citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpedited removal orders are going to make this much worse,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/_105659633_border-nc.png\" alt=\"Chart: Apprehensions on the US-Mexico border were at their lowest in 2017 since 2000\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US government is introducing a new fast-track deportation process that will bypass immigration courts. 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