Immigrant with an ongoing removal case shows up to court date.
At the hearing, the immigration “prosecutor” moves to dismiss the case without prejudice.
The immigration “judge” agrees. The case is dropped.
At this point there is no removal proceeding against the immigrant, and they are free to go.
Out in the hall, ICE arrests the immigrant.
ICE starts expedited removal proceedings which don’t even have court or an immigration “judge.”
So these people who were previously following the rules, out on parole, are now locked up, and they no longer have access to the flimsy due process of immigration “court”.
Expedited removal was created by Congress in the 90s, and it was intended to be used at ports of entry, and maybe in the immediate border context, where you see people jumping the fence. But the deadline Congress put on it is two years; anyone in the country less than two years can end up in expedited removal.
This is a really awful tactic:
So these people who were previously following the rules, out on parole, are now locked up, and they no longer have access to the flimsy due process of immigration “court”.
Expedited removal was created by Congress in the 90s, and it was intended to be used at ports of entry, and maybe in the immediate border context, where you see people jumping the fence. But the deadline Congress put on it is two years; anyone in the country less than two years can end up in expedited removal.
Oh, so they can only do this during the first two years they’re in the country?
They’ll be fixing that real soon.