WASHINGTON, DC- The House Judiciary Committee released a report that has shed daylight on just how bad it is at the southern border, Trending Politics reports. The blame is laid on the Biden administration, whose policy shifts increased illegal border crossings while dropping interior enforcement measures.
The report noted that between Inauguration Day—January 20, 2021—and March 31, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security could not deport 99% of illegal aliens who entered the country despite undergoing immigration court processes.
The report admonished the administration’s policies, stating that enforcement “priorities” led to fewer arrests and reduced removals of illegal aliens.
ICE officials told the Judiciary Committee that releases have risen while removals have declined under Biden. The interviews included Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officials and several ICE Field Office Directors.
Because of the administration’s open border policies, American communities are less safe, the officials told House Republicans due to the administration’s lax enforcement policies.
The data showed that since Biden was installed, Customs and Border Protection has encountered 6.2 million illegals at the southern border with Mexico. Over five million illegals were encountered between January 2021 and March 2023, with 2.46 million still in the U.S. as of March 31, 2023.
According to the report, DHS released 2.15 million illegal aliens into the interior United States, while an additional 205,473 were paroled through other programs through Sept. 26, 2023.
Those numbers don’t include releases between April and September of this year, during which there was an unprecedented 1.2 million more encounters over just five months. Despite those numbers and the eyes of the American people, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, on May 10, 2023, claimed the border was “not open” while “warning” about illegal crossings. The data, however, tells a different story:
The report also addressed an ICE program called Family Expedited Removal (FERM). Under that initiative, ICE was supposed to deport family units from the southern border.
However, by September 26, 2023, only 196 were removed under the program out of 320,286 family units encountered at the border between May and August 2023. Mayorkas, however, continues to refer to illegal aliens as “asylum seekers.” That is a similar narrative to that being pushed by Democrats.
The numbers are only a small part of the crisis. Border Patrol agents have also painted a disturbing picture of what they are dealing with regularly. In sworn testimony, agents told lawmakers about being overwhelmed not only by the influx of illegal aliens but also by the policies implemented by the Biden administration. They virtually begged for additional support and resources.
Some agents complained of being pulled from border enforcement duties and fugitive operations to process illegal aliens. That significantly impacted the agency’s ability to arrest and remove criminal aliens from the U.S.
Moreover, one Deputy Field Office Director slammed the administration’s directive prohibiting ICE officers from taking action near courthouses, claiming it hampers enforcement against criminal aliens while posing additional risks to officers and communities.
One ICE official estimated given the current removal rate, it would take ICE two decades to deport the aliens with a final removal order who have not been detained.
The report noted that between Inauguration Day—January 20, 2021—and March 31, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security could not deport 99% of illegal aliens who entered the country despite undergoing immigration court processes.
The report admonished the administration’s policies, stating that enforcement “priorities” led to fewer arrests and reduced removals of illegal aliens.
ICE officials told the Judiciary Committee that releases have risen while removals have declined under Biden. The interviews included Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officials and several ICE Field Office Directors.
Because of the administration’s open border policies, American communities are less safe, the officials told House Republicans due to the administration’s lax enforcement policies.
The data showed that since Biden was installed, Customs and Border Protection has encountered 6.2 million illegals at the southern border with Mexico. Over five million illegals were encountered between January 2021 and March 2023, with 2.46 million still in the U.S. as of March 31, 2023.
According to the report, DHS released 2.15 million illegal aliens into the interior United States, while an additional 205,473 were paroled through other programs through Sept. 26, 2023.
Those numbers don’t include releases between April and September of this year, during which there was an unprecedented 1.2 million more encounters over just five months. Despite those numbers and the eyes of the American people, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, on May 10, 2023, claimed the border was “not open” while “warning” about illegal crossings. The data, however, tells a different story:
- In 2021, 310,379 illegal aliens were released at the border.
- In 2022, that number surged by over double to 777,283.
- In the first ten months of 2023, 929,496 illegal aliens were released at the border, including 182,425 facilitated through the Customs and Border Protection One mobile app.
The report also addressed an ICE program called Family Expedited Removal (FERM). Under that initiative, ICE was supposed to deport family units from the southern border.
However, by September 26, 2023, only 196 were removed under the program out of 320,286 family units encountered at the border between May and August 2023. Mayorkas, however, continues to refer to illegal aliens as “asylum seekers.” That is a similar narrative to that being pushed by Democrats.
The numbers are only a small part of the crisis. Border Patrol agents have also painted a disturbing picture of what they are dealing with regularly. In sworn testimony, agents told lawmakers about being overwhelmed not only by the influx of illegal aliens but also by the policies implemented by the Biden administration. They virtually begged for additional support and resources.
Some agents complained of being pulled from border enforcement duties and fugitive operations to process illegal aliens. That significantly impacted the agency’s ability to arrest and remove criminal aliens from the U.S.
Moreover, one Deputy Field Office Director slammed the administration’s directive prohibiting ICE officers from taking action near courthouses, claiming it hampers enforcement against criminal aliens while posing additional risks to officers and communities.
One ICE official estimated given the current removal rate, it would take ICE two decades to deport the aliens with a final removal order who have not been detained.
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