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Expedited Removal Effective Now, Nationwide

January 22, 2025 (1 min read)

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 01/24/2025

"This Notice rescinds the March 21, 2022 Notice, Rescission of the Notice of July 23, 2019, Designation for Expedited Removal. This Notice also restores the scope of expedited removal to the fullest extent authorized by Congress. DATES: This designation is effective on 6:00 PM EST on Tuesday January 21, 2025. ... The Secretary is exercising his statutory authority through this Notice to designate for expedited removal the following categories of aliens not currently designated: (1) Aliens who did not arrive by sea, who are encountered anywhere in the United States more than 100 air miles from a U.S. international land border, and who have been continuously present in the United States for less than two years; and (2) aliens who did not arrive by sea, who are encountered within 100 air miles from a U.S. international land border, and who have been continuously present in the United States for at least 14 days but for less than two years. Therefore, the designation in this Notice restores the scope of expedited removal to the fullest extent authorized by Congress, as was previously established in the July 23, 2019 Notice, Designating Aliens for Expedited Removal. To the extent there is an ambiguity in this Notice, the intended effect of this notice is to apply expedited removal to the fullest extent authorized by statute."

Read more about this policy here in the Behind the Border Substack by UNLV Prof. Michael Kagan.