Will deportation hubs help speed up migrant returns?

'Soft' new guidelines could mean more migrants could avoid deportation

Foreign criminals are eligible for deportation if they are sentenced to 12 months behind bars.

Will deportation hubs help speed up migrant returns?

The Common European System for Returns aims to speed up deportation of asylum seekers who aren't permitted to stay in the European Union. In an unexpected move, it also opens the possibility to build the controversial detention centres outside the bloc.

Washington bill would speed up pardon reviews for immigrants facing deportation

(Photo by HT Ganzo/Getty Images)Federal immigration law allows the government to deport a person for a decades-old criminal conviction, regardless of their ties to the United States and whether they’ve completed their sentence and turned their life around.  For many people with criminal records, it raises the possibility of being removed from the U.S. and sent to a country where they have no connections.  One of the few options a person has to r…

Washington State Democrats Seek to Speed up Pardon Reviews for Illegal Immigrants Facing Deportation

OLYMPIA, WA – Federal immigration law allows the government to deport a person for a decades-old criminal conviction, regardless of their ties to the United States and whether they’ve completed their sentence and turned their life around. For many people with criminal records, it raises the possibility of being removed from the U.S. and sent to a country where they have no connections. One of the few options a person has to reduce their chances …