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Expedited Removal Litigation

Administrations have used that discretion to expand or contract geographic and temporal reach—examples include the 2004 interior limitation to 100 miles/14 days, the 2019 removal of those limits to apply nationwide, the Biden-era rescission in 2022, and the 2025 Federal Register notice re-extending the full statutory scope—moves that have repeatedly triggered litigation.