Posted on 07/06/2021 3:30:09 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., on Tuesday criticized what he described as "unacceptable" restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), accusing the Biden administration of seeking to dismantle interior enforcement with rules that limits arrests and deportations.
"Your actions to limit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ability to enforce immigration law are unacceptable and must be reversed," Biggs said in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. "Limiting enforcement of immigration law is an affront to the rule of law and an insult to the American people and the millions of immigrants who have come to our country legally."
The Biden administration in February issued new guidance dramatically narrowing the rules by which ICE officers target illegal immigrants for arrest and deportation. It came as an initial effort to impose a moratorium on deportations was blocked by a federal judge.
The new rules, which are still in place, limit ICE officers to targeting recent border crossers, national security threats and "aggravated felons." While officials note that technically no one is ruled out of being deported, ICE officers who want to arrest someone outside of those categories need prior approval from a superior.
Separately, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has also now barred ICE from making arrests at or near courthouses.
The moves by DHS have coincided with a drop in ICE arrests and deportations. Deportations removed less than 3,000 illegal immigrants in April, and there were just 2,837 arrests by ICE in May, down from 6,070 in December.
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Just words. Just speeches.
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