REVEALED: Trump’s ambitious new plan to ramp up migrant deportations… after firing ICE chief for slow progress
The Trump administration is planning a bold new border crackdown that would let officials instantly expel migrants over fears they could spread dangerous diseases like tuberculosis.
Internal documents obtained by CBS News reveal plans to resurrect the controversial Title 42 policy – the same measure Trump used in 2020 to shut down the border during the Covid pandemic.
The bombshell move comes as Trump doubles down on his strong immigration stance.
Under the proposed policy, immigration officials would gain sweeping new powers to turn away migrants at the border without the usual asylum screening process.
The Biden administration had kept Trump’s original Title 42 policy in place amid soaring illegal border crossings until letting it expire in 2023.
But now, Trump is reaching for an even more ambitious version of those emergency powers.
The Trump administration is planning a bold new border crackdown that would let officials instantly expel migrants over fears they could spread dangerous diseases like tuberculosis
This comes as Trump removed his top immigration official after failing to arrest enough illegal immigrants (Pictured: Former ICE Acting Director Caleb Vitello)
The plan would leverage the Public Health Service Act to allow fast deportations, bypassing standard immigration protocols that normally let migrants claim asylum even after crossing illegally.
This comes as Trump removed his top immigration official after failing to arrest enough illegal immigrants.
Caleb Vitello, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was reassigned on Friday.
It came as deportations of migrants have lagged expectations, a senior Trump official said.
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