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President Donald Trump sharply expanded fast-track authority in January, allowing immigration officers to deport someone without first seeing a judge. Although fast-track deportations can be put on hold by filing a new asylum claim, people can be swiftly removed if they fail an initial screening.

Families of immigrants arrested at the El Paso federal courthouse are left with uncertainty. Judge dismisses the cases and then the feds arrest them.

The move has had a profound impact in the state, where federal agents in May arrested 1,461 people, nearly half of whom had no criminal record.

El Paso has seen an increase in the number of immigrants being arrested by ICE as they leave immigration hearings, highlighting the Trumps expanded crackdown

After a halt during the pandemic, raids of construction sites by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have returned under Trump administration.