Immigration Services: Time Someone and Asylum Officer

immigration services: The stricter policy has brought new attention to a labyrinth of an immigration system where simply deporting someone is never a simple or time-efficient task, according to CTV. Months, if not years, can pass. Now any immigrant charged or convicted of any offence, or even suspected of a crime, has become an enforcement priority for federal authorities. In the end, if the case is lost, the immigrant may find him or herself on a bus or plane heading back to his or her home country. If an individual caught along the border makes a claim for asylum, he or she will have their claim reviewed by an asylum officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. But what exactly happens between the time someone is taken into custody and when they leave the U.S. Some basics on the court and deportation process EXPEDITED REMOVALS Under current policies, immigrants who are detained within 100 miles of the border and who have been in the country less than 14 days can be deported immediately, without being processed through the immigration courts. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.