The incoming Trump administration is preparing a list of countries to which it may deport migrants when their home countries refuse to accept them, according to three sources familiar with the plans.
The American Civil Liberties Union and other pro-immigrant rights groups sued the Trump administration over the policy.
As a result, many migrants from those countries end up released into the United States, even if a judge has ordered them deported.
The sources also told NBC News the incoming administration has a goal of deporting migrants within a week of their arrest and believes this policy will help expedite deportations.
He will deliver,” Karoline Leavitt, a Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman, told NBC News when asked for a comment about the plans.
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