More details of her deportation came out this week, as immigration officials offered details of a felony welfare fraud conviction against the woman, Clarissa Arredondo, and disclosed that she had previously been deported. Arredondo was previously removed from the U.S. in 2005, according to Lauren Mack, spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Mack said that border officials used a process called “expedited removal,” which gave them the authority to send Arredondo back across the border without letting her see an immigration judge. Because that order was still on her record, when immigration officials targeted her last month, they were within their authority to remove her again without giving her a hearing with an immigration judge, Mack said. Arredondo was targeted “based on her immigration and criminal history,” Mack said.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 11, 2017 16:58 UTC