Legal authority given by IIRIRA (passed 1996, effective 1997)[edit]
Expedited removal was first introduced in United States immigration law as part of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (also known as IIRIRA), passed by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by then United States President Bill Clinton.
The IIRIRA gave the Immigration and Naturalization Service (the name for the umbrella organization responsible for immigration enforcement in the United States at the time) the authority to remove from the United States, without the need for a hearing before an immigration judge, people who:[2][3] 1.are either applicants for admission to the United States or satisfy the following conditions: have entered the United States without admission or parole, and have been continuously physically present in the United States for less than two years, 2.are inadmissible under certain statutory grounds primarily due to failure to comply with visa or other entry document requirements, and/or fraud or misrepresentation, 3.make no claim to lawful permanent resident status, and 4.do not seek asylum or express a fear of persecution.