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The Trump administration announced plans Monday to speed up deportations for illegal immigrants in the interior, applying the same standards that have been at play at the border to now apply to the country as a whole. With more illegal immigrants managing to sneak into the interior amid the border surge, the new powers are necessary to be able to oust them from the communities where they end up, acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan said in a notice published online officially announcing the new policy. The aggressive move is already drawing threats of lawsuits from the American Civil Liberties...

FALFURRIAS - The border patrol has expanded a program that quickly removes illegal immigrants from the U.S. So far local Border Patrol officials said it's working. The program is called expedited removal, or ER. The law started in 1996, but now it's getting even tougher on illegal immigrants. The Border Patrol said this program's a deterrent, and the bottom line fewer migrants are roaming South Texas. Drive through the Border Patrol checkpoint in Falfurrias and the sign says it all - 119,233 undocumented illegal aliens have been caught here this year alone. In our Border Patrol sector, 21,000 are from...