The U.S. Border Patrol is using Expedited Removal to return migrants to Mexico or their home countries soon after apprehension, marking a shift from the Biden administration's 'catch and release' policy. Under the new instructions, migrants apprehended anywhere in the US within two years of entry can be subject to Expedited Removal. The policy also restricts the release of migrants into the US based on recognizance except in emergencies.
According to a source within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Border Patrol is applying a legal process known as Expedited Removal on a broad scale along the southwest border. The agency is now returning migrants to Mexico soon after apprehension. The source told Breitbart Texas, “’Catch and Release’ is over, it’s ‘Catch and Return now.
The source says the instructions to Border Patrol agents on the law’s application now allow for Expedited Removal anywhere a migrant is found within the United States within two years of entry. Instructions were disseminated to all Border Patrol stations to cease the release of any migrant into the United States based on recognizance except under exigent circumstances and only when approved at the agency’s highest level in Washington, D.C.
President Trump’s newly sworn Department of Homeland Secretary, Kristi Noem, openly signaled the quick change to immigration enforcement policy. Noem promised to end the Biden Administration’s migrant parole programs, which have allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants to enter the country at multiple land border ports of entry and international airports across the country.
The source told Breitbart Texas that changes have also been received to undo restrictive policies implemented by the Biden administration regarding vehicle pursuits and use of force that will allow agents to operate more efficiently while patrolling the border — something the source says has been lacking for too long.is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol.
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