Asma Khalid

Got it. So let's start with the first step you just mentioned. What does it mean to be identified as deportable?

Got it. So let's start with the first step you just mentioned. What does it mean to be identified as deportable?

Got it. So let's start with the first step you just mentioned. What does it mean to be identified as deportable?

So, Ximena, once someone is identified, then how does the government find them?

So, Ximena, once someone is identified, then how does the government find them?

So, Ximena, once someone is identified, then how does the government find them?

OK, so Ximena, from there you enter into a court system. And I want you to help us understand how immigration courts differ than other courts in our American legal system.

OK, so Ximena, from there you enter into a court system. And I want you to help us understand how immigration courts differ than other courts in our American legal system.

OK, so Ximena, from there you enter into a court system. And I want you to help us understand how immigration courts differ than other courts in our American legal system.

I have a question here, though. I mean, it seems like this court process you are describing is not actually what we have seen unfold with some of the high profile cases that we've been hearing about since President Trump took office.

I have a question here, though. I mean, it seems like this court process you are describing is not actually what we have seen unfold with some of the high profile cases that we've been hearing about since President Trump took office.

I have a question here, though. I mean, it seems like this court process you are describing is not actually what we have seen unfold with some of the high profile cases that we've been hearing about since President Trump took office.

OK, so let's get back to the process that you were describing. And I want to ask you about the final two steps. Say you potentially get a final removal order and then you are removed. How does that actually happen? How does that work?

OK, so let's get back to the process that you were describing. And I want to ask you about the final two steps. Say you potentially get a final removal order and then you are removed. How does that actually happen? How does that work?

OK, so let's get back to the process that you were describing. And I want to ask you about the final two steps. Say you potentially get a final removal order and then you are removed. How does that actually happen? How does that work?

So, Jimena, what you have described seems like an incredibly lengthy process, perhaps a rather costly process as well. And yet it is something that President Trump campaigned on. He promised to bring about the largest deportation in American history. So how is what he promised during the campaign actually unfolding in these first few months?

So, Jimena, what you have described seems like an incredibly lengthy process, perhaps a rather costly process as well. And yet it is something that President Trump campaigned on. He promised to bring about the largest deportation in American history. So how is what he promised during the campaign actually unfolding in these first few months?

So, Jimena, what you have described seems like an incredibly lengthy process, perhaps a rather costly process as well. And yet it is something that President Trump campaigned on. He promised to bring about the largest deportation in American history. So how is what he promised during the campaign actually unfolding in these first few months?

All right. Well, thank you very much for your reporting. Thank you. That's NPR's Ximena Bustillo. This episode was produced by Avery Keatley, Ale Marquez-Honce, and Jeffrey Pierre. It was edited by Christopher Intagliata and Anna Yukonanov. Our executive producer is Sammy Yenigan. It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Asma Khalid.

All right. Well, thank you very much for your reporting. Thank you. That's NPR's Ximena Bustillo. This episode was produced by Avery Keatley, Ale Marquez-Honce, and Jeffrey Pierre. It was edited by Christopher Intagliata and Anna Yukonanov. Our executive producer is Sammy Yenigan. It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Asma Khalid.