Ice given unprecedented authority to expedite deportations as US cities face raids and troops arrive at US-Mexico borderUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration is issuing a new round of heavy-handed measures that could rapidly deport immigrants who entered the United States through recently established legal pathways, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security memo obtained the New York Times.The directive, signed by acting homeland security secretary Benjamine Huffman, grants Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials unprecedented authority to expedite deportations for immigrants who entered the country with government authorization through two key Biden-era programs. Continue reading...