Trump DHS expands expedited deportation powers as operations intensify.

The Trump administration is rapidly expanding its powers to swiftly remove illegal immigrants, fulfilling its pledge to initiate a large-scale deportation operation.

The Department of Homeland Security has lifted restrictions on the use of expedited removal, which were put in place in March 2022 under the Biden administration. Prior to the new memo, officials were only allowed to use the power within 100 miles of the border or with recent arrivals.

The expedited removal process enables the swift removal of illegal immigrants who have not been granted asylum or have not applied for it, regardless of the 2022 limits. This new power allows agents to remove those who cannot prove they have resided in the U.S. for at least two years.

According to the notice signed by acting DHS Secretary Benjamine Huffman, immigration officers can apply expedited removal to aliens who were apprehended anywhere in the United States within two years of their arrival, provided that they arrived by sea and met the other conditions for expedited removal.

The full application of expedited removal authority will allow DHS to handle more efficiently and effectively the large number of aliens who are in the United States without legal authorization, and promptly remove those who are not entitled to remain or receive relief or protection.

A day after DHS revoked a Biden-era memo restricting ICE officers' ability to arrest illegal immigrants in certain locations, another memo was issued directing a review of the use of humanitarian parole to admit migrants.

After President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders, including declaring a national emergency at the border, halting refugee resettlement, ordering a removal process without asylum, ordering border wall reconstruction, and deploying the military to the border, the situation at the border has changed significantly.

Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, announced on Tuesday that the "historic" mass deportation operation promised by Trump is already underway.

"As of today, Immigration and Customs Enforcement teams are out there, and we have given them direction to prioritize public safety threats," Homan said on "America’s Newsroom." "We have been working on the target list."

Planet Chronicle' Bill Melugin contributed to this report.