text: The interim rule implements the provisions of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( IIRIRA ) governing expedited and regular removal proceedings , handling asylum claims and other activities involving the apprehension , detention , hearing of claims and ultimately the removal of inadmissible and deportable aliens .
  
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  The IIRIRA is the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 .