In January, the administration imposed a daily quota of between 1,200 and 1,500 arrests to boost ICE’s metrics. But as I previously wrote, while the sweeping immigration crackdown has had the effect of creating widespread fear—which is the intended goal—it has largely failed to live by the president’s vow to remove “criminals.”

The use of “expedited removal” has traditionally been limited to recent arrivals found within 100 miles of a US border. But the Trump administration is expanding it to more swiftly deport immigrants anywhere in the country who have been in the United States for up to two years. The latest guidance even suggests some people could be considered for “expedited removal” beyond the two-year time limit and encourages agents to rearrest immigrants they previously couldn’t deport, likely because their countries of origin wouldn’t take them back.