Posted on 03/21/2021 8:47:38 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Fox News has learned from a senior source with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that a plan is under consideration for Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) to begin releasing illegal border crossers who claim asylum without issuing a Notice to Appear (NTA) – meaning they will depart custody without a court date.
Such a decision would be unprecedented if enacted and would place the responsibility of seeking an asylum hearing on the migrants through Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or legal assistance.
The source says the reasoning for the decision is that the situation has “become so dire that BP [Border Patrol] has no choice but to release people nearly immediately after apprehension because there is no space to hold people even to do necessary NTA paperwork.”
The process of issuing each migrant an NTA can take hours per individual or family. This would not apply to unaccompanied minors.
The RGV, based in Texas, is ground zero for the surge in border crossings and is more than 700% overcapacity.
When migrants are released in the RGV, Border Patrol usually coordinates it with Sister Norma Pimentel and her Catholic Humanitarian Respite Center. Pimentel tells Fox News that she is aware and is “coordinating her response.”
The controversial move allegedly on the table comes as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is working to open another facility for unaccompanied child migrants in Pecos, Texas, the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) announced Saturday.
The Temporary Influx Care Facility would house at least 500 unaccompanied minors to start, with the capacity to house 2,000 children.
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Release them into Canada
Good idea, therefore it will never happen.
We CAN’T let them do this.......
...the Red State governors should stop this.....!
Call your governors!
I know a rather large “People’s House” that is surrounded by a climb-proof fence, topped with razor wire and has a bunch of National Guard troops to provide security.
It would be an ideal place to put several thousand illegal aliens.
Tent City on the Capitol grounds.
Who owns whom?
The democrats outside of deep blue areas are panicking. There is no way to sugarcoat this disaster. None. Public opinion is strongly against this, the images and disaster is only beginning, it violates everything the nanny state says about “Covid”, and they continue to do it anyways.
If it were not obvious 5 months ago, the “left” no longer gives a damn what the country thinks. They are moving forth their agenda no matter what.
The scary question is “why?”.
Putting our own bias aside for a second..... how does this make political sense?
There is only one answer - they view 40 million new voters as a political base from which they will seize and retain political power.
Even more frightening..... it will work.
If there was overcrowding, you could simply release aliens back into Mexico. And I don't care if they ever come back.
We lose a few acres of land to this purpose, but I think it's worth it.
Better still...release them all to Martha’s Vineyard. That will cause a stir!
WTF HELL! So glad that the Capitol has a border wall with guards and prosecutes to the fullest extent anyone who breaches the Pelosi militarized zone. America is in a twilight zone.
I could be wrong but I suspect that “the wall” is typically close to,but not situated directly upon,the border. So if I’m correct they’re still in US territory and you can be sure that some Osama Obama appointee will intervene.
Local police need to round up and jail these people.
America is up the creek, and I believe we know the name of that particular creek...
Abbott is busy fighting anti-semetism.
What Border we don’t have one any more the democrats erased it.
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