President Donald Trump sharply expanded fast-track authority in January, allowing immigration officers to deport someone without first seeing a judge. Although fast-track deportations can be put on hold by filing a new asylum claim, people can be swiftly removed if they fail an initial screening.

An ICE official tells FOX 5 that agents arrested nearly a dozen people Wednesday outside the immigration court in Sterling.

A man from Ecuador and another from Venezuela who were seeking asylum were arrested by ICE agents in the lobby of Portland Immigration Court on Tuesday.

Economists expect stepped-up detentions and deportations to result in declining job growth later this year, as well, and higher labor costs. Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi s