To deal with the overcrowding and attempt to make more room, border patrol has been releasing undocumented migrant families into the United States without court dates or any way to track their whereabouts. More than 50,000 migrants were recently released without court dates and given a date to report to an ICE field office within 60 days, but approximately 15,000 did not show, the DHS officials said.
Now, in an unprecedented move, an agency usually tasked with detention, enforcement and removal of undocumented immigrants, ICE officers will be performing health screenings, offering Covid vaccines, telling immigrants their legal rights and connecting them with non-governmental organizations that can help them, the officials said. Asylum officers will continue making initial determinations for asylum-seeking migrants, either at the ICE facilities or by phone, they said.
Spokespeople for ICE, CBP and DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday night.The Biden administration has come under pressure from both sides of the immigration debate for its handling of families during the pandemic. Immigration advocacy groups have argued in a lawsuit that the Trump-initiated policy known as Title 42 that expels immigrants back to Mexico before they can make an asylum claim should be lifted for families. While Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently sought a court order to make Title 42 enforced more widely.
All unaccompanied children, some single adults and the vast majority of families are currently not being expelled under Title 42, in part because Mexico refuses to take back many families.Julia Ainsley is a correspondent covering the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
“The families will either be released with ankle monitors and a court date to make their case for asylum or put on flights to be quickly deported.”
Deport every single one of them. No 1 shd b able 2 walk across r border & b allowed 2 stay. Come legally & follow the rules & you're welcome. Come illegally, b prepared 2 find ur way home 4 which we will bill ur country for the costs associated with u. deport
Send them HOME. Get them back to their countries.
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“border patrol processing facilities were holding migrants 585 percent above capacity.” Border Patrol and ICE need help. The US government along with the southern countries need to work together. It’s too much for 1 entity to handle.
ICE, the new Nazi Party
They all came when they got word Biden 'won'. No problem with Trump and his wall. The deals he made with Mexico and Central America.