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 LATEST ANALYSIS 

• ICE May Have Deported as Many as 70 US Citizens In the Last Five Years
  
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) keeps making an inexcusable error: it has been deporting U.S. citizens by mistake.70 potential U.S. citizens were deported between 2015 and 2020, a recent report from the Government Accountability Office concluded. Read More »
   
• Biden Administration Announces Plans to Ramp up Deportations of Families Arriving at the Border
  
  As the number of families coming to the border has increased from June to July, the Biden administration is beginning yet another crackdown. Late on July 26, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it would begin subjecting some families to “expedited removal.” Read More »
   
• The State of Texas is Arresting and Detaining Border Crossers for Trespassing
  
  The arrests are the latest in a series of attempts by Texas officials to increase the consequences of entering or being present in the United States without immigration status. Texas’ efforts have escalated since the beginning of the Biden administration. Read More »

 FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW  

• The Biden administration announced on Monday that it would begin fast-tracking deportations of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border through a process known as expedited removal. This policy allows immigration officials to quickly remove someone without going before an immigration judge, consult a lawyer, or to gather evidence to prevent deportation.
  
  This fact sheet from the American Immigration Council explains how the expedited removal process works, how it has been used by authorities, and addresses concerns about the process. 
  
  Read more: A Primer on Expedited Removal

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 ACROSS THE NATION 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) launched a new app called CBP One that uses facial-recognition GPS location technologies and can potentially be used to monitor and track immigrants in the country. CBP One’s use of this technology raises concerns regarding potential impacts on immigrants' civil rights and liberties. While CBP has published some information about the app, these publicly available documents are scattered, and the extent to which the agency plans to use the app in the future remain unclear.

The American Immigration Council submitted a FOIA request to CBP, asking for records relating to CBP One and its features.

Read more: Investigating CBP’s Use of Mobile Application CBP One

 QUOTE OF THE WEEK 

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed state troopers on Wednesday to stop and seize any vehicle suspected of transporting migrants and return it to a port of entry, increasing state enforcement on immigration.

“That’s unheard of and it's blatantly unconstitutional. This threatens and disrupts months of coordination” from groups helping migrant families not get stuck in border communities.

– Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy analyst at the American Immigration Council

 FURTHER READING 

• The Huffington Post: Citing COVID-19 Concerns, Texas Governor Bans Ground Transportation Of Migrants
   

• The Daily Mail: Biden to restart fast-tracked deportation of migrant families who don't qualify for asylum at border
   

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce-Above the Fold: Why Immigration Reform Matters to Local Communities

         

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