US President Donald Trump has said that people who enter the United States illegally should be sent back to where they came from immediately without any judicial process.
Facing a public outcry and pressure even from within his Republican Party, Mr Trump last week reversed his policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the border so the adults could be detained and prosecuted, a process that typically takes months.
Since buckling on the issue on Wednesday, Mr Trump has redoubled his criticism of US immigration laws on Twitter and in speeches where he likened illegal immigrants to invaders trying to "break into" the country.
"We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country. When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases, bring them back from where they came. Our system is a mockery to good immigration policy and Law and Order. Most children come without parents," Trump on Twitter.
We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country. When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases, bring them back from where they came. Our system is a mockery to good immigration policy and Law and Order. Most children come without parents...
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 24, 2018
"Cannot accept all of the people trying to break into our Country. Strong Borders, No Crime!"
Mr Trump did not differentiate between people who entered the United States to seek asylum and illegal immigrants.
US immigration law provides certain rights for undocumented immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In most cases, they are allowed a full hearing before an immigration judge before being deported.
It comes as the US government said it still had 2,053 children in its custody who were separated from their parents under Mr Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy, and set out its most detailed plans yet on how it would reunite families.
The Department of Homeland Security said late yesterday it had a "well co-ordinated" process in place - in the face of criticism from lawyers for parents and children who have said they have seen little evidence of an organised system.
A total of 522 children had already been reunited with parents, the agency added in a fact sheet published three days after Mr Trump ended his policy of separating families on the US-Mexico border, after images of youngsters in cages triggered outrage at home and abroad.
The new details came after more than two months of confusion around how detained migrant parents, who are shuttled from facility to facility run by different government agencies, would ever reunite with their children, who are sent to shelters and foster homes scattered across the country.
The fact sheet said the Trump administration has a process for how parents would be reunited with their children "for the purposes of removal," or deportation.
Deportation proceedings could take months to complete, and the fact sheet did not say whether parents and children would be reunited in the intervening time.
Restaurant refuses to serve White House spokesperson
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said yesterday that she had been asked to leave a Virginia restaurant the night before because she worked for US President Donald Trump.
"Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left", Ms Sanders said on the official Press Secretary Twitter account.
Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) June 23, 2018
Yesterday, the owner of the Red Hen confirmed the incident and said she stood by her decision to refuse service to Ms Sanders, the Washington Post reported.
"Absolutely, yes,"the paper reported Stephanie Wilkinson as saying.
"We just felt there are moments in time when people need to live their convictions."
Several thousand people have posted messages of support and criticism of the restaurant for the move on its Yelp page.
Earlier this week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was confronted by protesters at a Mexican restaurant in Washington, DC. The protesters yelled "Shame! Shame" as she tried to enjoy a meal.
It came as the Trump administration defended its hardline immigration policy at the US-Mexico border. Ms Nielsen decided to leave the restaurant.
Two days earlier, according to the New York Post, White House adviser Stephen Miller was branded a "fascist" while dining at another Mexican eatery in Washington.
