Trump Expands Use Of Fast-track Deportation, Which Critics Say Is Prone To Mistakes

The Trump administration announced Friday that it is expanding a fast-track deportation authority nationwide, allowing immigration officers to deport migrants without appearing before a judge as President Donald Trump seeks to make good on a sweeping agenda of removing everyone who is in the U.S. illegally.

The administration said it is expanding the use of "expedited removal" authority so it can be used across the country.

"The effect of this change will be to enhance national security and public safety - while reducing government costs - by facilitating prompt immigration determinations," the administration said in a notice in the Federal Register on Friday outlining the new rules.

In Trump's first week in office, his administration has taken action on a number of different fronts on his signature campaign promise of cracking down on illegal immigration.

After declaring a national emergency and describing immigration at the southern border as an invasion, he sent military troops to the border lifted longtime rules restricting immigration enforcement near schools and churches indefinitely suspended the refugee program and halted key Biden-era immigration pathways.