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Trump moves fast to deport 1m legal migrants

Hamed Aleaziz

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Washington | The Trump administration is giving immigration enforcement officers the power to quickly deport migrants who were allowed into the country temporarily under Biden-era programs, according to an internal government memo.

The memo, signed on Thursday night (Friday AEDT) by the acting head of the Homeland Security Department, gives officers details on how to use expansive powers that were long reserved for encounters at the Mexican border to quickly remove migrants.

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