A surge in U.S. deportations could swamp an overtaxed system

By Julia Edwards Ainsley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's plan to rapidly deport 2 to 3 million illegal immigrants with criminal records would further tax a system already stretched to its limits, current and former U.S. immigration officials say. Immigration courts, which issue deportation orders, set bond and grant or deny asylum, currently have a backlog of more than 500,000 cases. Officials at the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security say they are already una