Posted on 09/30/2021 5:05:33 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing bipartisan criticism over its approach to immigration, the Biden administration on Thursday announced new rules that require authorities to only pursue migrants who recently crossed into the country without permission or are deemed to pose a threat to public safety.
The new guidelines replace interim rules issued in February that were initially blocked by a federal judge in August as part of a lawsuit brought by Texas and Louisiana. They break from a more aggressive approach to immigration enforcement under former President Donald Trump, who early in his presidency directed authorities to apprehend anyone who was illegally in the country.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters that the new policy was based on the reality that the U.S. can’t go after all people in the country without legal status and shouldn’t try because many “have been contributing members of our communities for years.”
Authorities will be directed to focus on noncitizens who have crossed recently, defined as after Nov. 1, 2020, or who determined to be a threat because of national security or “serious criminal activity.” Homeland Security includes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol.
Unlike the interim rules, the criminal activity is not limited to the category known in legal terms as an aggravated felony but will depend on the “totality of the facts and circumstances,” Mayorkas said. Anyone would be considered a priority if they are engaged or even suspected of terrorism or espionage, according to the memo. The new rules take effect Nov. 29.
Immigration authorities would be prohibited from arresting and seeking to deport someone in retaliation for exercising First Amendment rights, such as joining a protest or taking part in union activities.
“We are requiring and frankly empowering our workforce to exercise their judgment.”
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New Biden rules
So we have a Ruler now?
“ So we have a Ruler now?”
Apparently so.
Let that sink in.
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there. fixed it.
FJB
Asspress loves their king. They report his dictates like the weather. The Nazis posted them in the town square.
Since when do “rules” supercede laws?
nd deportation of illegal aliens who gain entrry into the country. Can a law be changed by EO??
I believe there are detailed laws on the books on just how arrests and deportation is to happen of these illegal aliens. Can an EO void a valid law??
Believe it or not policy has superseded law as far as immigration goes for as long as I know. Border Patrol Agents legally have a lot of Authority but our Authority has always been held in check by policy that supersedes the law.
WHY THE F DO WE EVEN HAVE A HOMELAND SECURITY DEPT THEN???
New Biden rules would limit arrest, deportation of migrants...
And why not?
Our communist masters are living large and in total control...
This is just the barebones beginning...
In the meantime, the sheeple continue to graze peacefully...
The only thing that will get their attention is more stimulus checks...
Same can be said of those who don't want the jab....and are armed.
We have immigration laws....Bidens ignoring them and of course nobody is taking him to taks for that....therefore he’ll keep on ‘ruling’ who gets in.
New $oro$ memo:
Issue every invader a BLM T-shirt.
Why do we even have a border?
Why do we even have citizenship?
Is it time to get the guns out?
Protect those sacred Democrat voters.
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