Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan announced Tuesday, July 23, 2019, that the department will be invoking and applying the expedited removal process to those who entered the U.S. illegally and are apprehended within two years of their entry.
“The new designation adds one more tool for DHS—utilizing specific authority from Congress—to confront the ongoing security and humanitarian crisis on the Southwest border and throughout the country,” McAleenan said in a statement.
Historically, the expedited removal process has been used only at ports of entry and also within 100 miles of the border. This new directive will expand the expedited removal process to the rest of the country.
