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A body was found burned not far from Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky's van. It has not been identified but police believe he was a man in his 50s or 60s.

"It is unclear at this time how this deceased male might be connected with [the] vehicle fire or the two missing men," police said in a statement.

On Monday, officials acknowledged the "growing community concern" about the twin murder investigations, after earlier dismissing a link.

"It's unusual to have two major investigations of this nature going on at the same time in northern B.C. (British Columbia), so we recognise the possibility that these could be linked," Janelle Shoihet, public relations officer for the RCMP said.

Police are asking anyone with any information about either case to call Crimestoppers at 001-800-222-8477.

The US government is introducing a new fast-track deportation process that will bypa.s.s immigration courts.

Under the new rules, migrants who cannot prove they have been in the US continuously for more than two years can be immediately deported.

Until now, expedited deportations could only be applied to those detained near the border who had been in the US for less than two weeks.

Rights groups say hundreds of thousands of people could be affected.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says it will challenge the policy in court.

The new rule is expected to be implemented with immediate effect after it is published on Tuesday.

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Kevin McAleenan, acting secretary of Homeland Security, said the change was "a necessary response to the ongoing immigration crisis" and would help to relieve the burden on courts and detention centres.

US Border Patrol says it has made 688,375 apprehensions on the south-west border since October 2018, more than double that of the previous fiscal year.

Several a.n.a.lysts predict US President Donald Trump will make hardline immigration control a key element of his re-election campaign in 2020.

What's changing?

Previously, only people detained within 100 miles (160km) of the border who had been in the US for less than two weeks could be deported quickly.

Migrants who were found elsewhere, or who had been in the country for more than two weeks, would need to be processed through the courts and would be ent.i.tled to legal representation.

But the new rules state that people can be deported regardless of where in the country they are when they are detained, and without allowing them access to a lawyer.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the new rules would allow it to pursue large numbers of illegal migrants more efficiently.

Image captionThere are 10.5 million undoc.u.mented migrants in the US, according to the Pew Research Center

Who is affected?

There are about 10.5 million undoc.u.mented immigrants in the US, according to the Pew Research Center.

The average undoc.u.mented adult immigrant has lived in the country for 15 years, it says.

The DHS has said it could make exceptions for those with serious medical conditions or "substantial connections" to US.

It also says migrants who are eligible for asylum will still be ent.i.tled to speak to an asylum officer, who will access their claims.