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[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

just to handle the processing of people as they complete the immigration process.

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) handles this. They and ICE were founded in 2002 along Customs and Border Patrol. ICE is the result of the merging of two separate enforcement agencies: part of the US Customs Services and the enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Services.

Illegal entries caught within 100 miles of the border weren't classified as deportations until the George W. Bush administration. Obama was colloquially known as Deporter in Chief for these high numbers.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

The US also defines every international airport as a border, so there are almost no people in the country not within 100 miles of a border