Trump Memo Targets Immigrants Who Entered Legally During Biden Administration

The US president is authorizing federal immigration officials to evaluate the option of revoking the temporary legal status of migrants who entered under the “parole” programs implemented by former President Joe Biden.

The Trump administration is empowering federal immigration officials to consider withdrawing temporary legal status from migrants who entered under former President Joe Biden's “parole” programs, in an effort to increase deportations to record levels. , according to a memo released Thursday.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security memo provides guidance for using a fast-track deportation process that the Trump administration reinstated this week, suggesting officials focus on immigrants who did not apply for asylum within the deadline. one year after arriving in the United States.

The process, known as “expedited removal,” had been applied only to people apprehended within 14 days of entering the country and within 100 miles of the border under the Biden administration.

On Tuesday, it was expanded to the entire country and applied to everyone who entered within two years.

President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders after returning to the White House on Monday aimed at deterring illegal immigration and allowing the United States to deport millions of immigrants without legal status.

The Republican president says the measures are necessary after millions of immigrants entered the United States under Biden, both crossing illegally and through legal entry programs.

Some Democrats and advocates counter, saying Trump's aggressive enforcement could hit those who haven't committed crimes, disrupt businesses and separate families.

Immigrant rights group Make the Road New York filed a lawsuit Wednesday to block Trump's expansion of expedited deportation proceedings.