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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 21, 2022

The Department of Homeland Security is discontinuing a policy expanded under former President Donald Trump that allowed for expedited removal of individuals who were undocumented, had committed fraud or misrepresentation, or had been in the country for less than two years. In a statement to Newsweek, the agency said it conducted a thorough review and found that ending the program "was consistent with the Department's need to prioritize its limited enforcement resources.” The department estimates that some 25,000 migrants waiting in shelters south of the U.S.-Mexico border could be affected by the change.