BORDER SECURITY POLICY PROPOSAL

BORDER SECURITY POLICY PROPOSAL The new border security authorities will put powerful new tools in the border security toolbox of any administration willing to secure the border. It will also setreal limits on the current administration to stop the abuse of parole and prevent our nation from ever having 10,000 people a day crossing illegally or a record month likeDecember 2023 again. ENDS PAROLE CATCH-AND-RELEASE FIASCO AT THE BORDER EndsBiden’s use of catch-and-release through the CBPOne app to hand out work permits forfree along the southwest border. The definition of humanitarian parole is clarified to stop the daily flagrant abuse of the authority at the border. This change alone will stop over half-a-million border crossings every year. MANDATES A COMPLETE SHUTDOWN OF THE BORDER Creates a newmandatoryBorder EmergencyAuthority that will protect our nation fromhaving another month like September, October,November orDecember 2023, whenmore than 10,000 people a day crossed the southern border. The new Border EmergencyAuthority is even strongerthan the Title 42Authority used during the Trump Administration because it also includes new legal consequences for anyone who tries to return after deported. Nomoremassive caravans ofmigrants flowing overthe border day after day. Allows law enforcement inAmerica to control the border, not the criminal cartels in Mexico. Changes the default when the borderis overrun fromreleasing everyone into the country to deporting everyone out of the country. When the average number of crossings exceeds 5,000 people a week (which it has every week but one in the past fourmonths) everyone crossing illegally everyday is rapidly deported out of the country without an asylumscreening. In the past fourmonths almost amillion people have crossed our border. If this law had been in place fourmonths ago, all of themwould have been deported out of the country, ratherthan released into the country. When the border closes, it stays closed and everyone is deported every day until the number of people crossing illegally drops. Once the number of encounters drop, the border continues to stay closed for up to an additional two weeks to continue to drive the numbers down; It closes the border when we exceed our capacity to detain and deport so no one is released into theUS because of the crowd. THE CURRENT SYSTEM: CATCH & RELEASE THE NEW SYSTEM: DETAIN & DEPORT D E T A I N & D E P O R T 1 IMPOSES IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES FOR ILLEGAL CROSSING Removal is carried out in days or weeks, not years. Prevents the administration fromhanding out work permits for simply crossing at a port of entry. Provides 50,000 detention beds,more ICE agents,more deportation flights, andmore asylumofficers to keepmore people in custody while processing. If 50,000 beds is not enough to hold people during their processing, a new expedited removal authority is created which allows forfaster processing and fewer appeals outside of custody in weeks, not years.No more 10 yearreleases in theUS before their hearing. REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE IN THE ASYLUM SCREENING Prohibits illegalmigrants who could have relocated within their home country frombeing eligible for asylumin theUS. Bars criminal aliens fromgetting through the first asylumscreening at the border. Bars any alien thatre-settled or could have re-settled in another country on the way to theUnited States. Raises the standard for evidence of persecution to the higher TrumpAdministration’s “reasonable possibility” standard. This alone will dramatically reduce the number of people allowed through the asylumscreening process. Combines three separate screenings tomake the process faster at the border: Credible Fear(asylum), ConventionAgainst Torture (CAT), and Withholding ofRemoval. This will quickly send illegalmigrants who do not qualify for asylumback to their home country, instead of being released into theUS for seemingly endless appeals and hearings. Each of these changes would reduce dramatically the number of people eligible to even apply for asylum, but togetherthey will be a powerful tool for any administration willing to enforce the law. PROVIDES NEW EXPEDITED REMOVAL AUTHORITY TO ENSURE ILLEGAL MIGRANTS ARE REMOVED WITHIN 90 DAYS Currently,most illegalmigrants are processed without screening,released into the interiorfor10 ormore years, and placed into a 3million case backlog—that ends with this bill. The new expedited removal authority ensures that every illegal alien who crosses the borderis either detained ortracked. Some family groups are hard to detain, so those groups will have alternative to detention, fast hearings and one limited appeal. Those who do not qualify will be removed. D E T A I N & D E P O R T 2 BUILDS THE WALL Provides $650million to build and reinforcemiles andmiles of new border wall. It also withholds themajority of the wallmoney to be used during the next administration. RADICAL CHANGE FROM CATCH AND RELEASE TO ENFORCE AND DEPORT IncreasesBorder Patrolrecruitment and streamlines hiring. Funding formore ICEAgents and ICE detention beds. Funding for effectivemandatorymonitoring. Funding forICE removal operations (flights and buses back home). Uses direct hire procedures to increase ICE deportation officers and enforcement and removal personnel to ensure that illegalmigrants can be quickly repatriated to their home countries. PROHIBITS CRIMINALS FROM OBTAINING ASYLUM Under current law, a criminal alien could wait10 ormore years in the asylumbacklog before being denied and sent home. Ratherthan allowing these criminal aliens to be caught,released, and remain at large in theUS this bill will deny and deport these criminal aliens immediately afterthey cross the border. THE NEW BORDER SECURITY BILL DOES NOT INCLUDE AMNESTY OF ANY KIND. D E T A I N & D E P O R T 3

This is what Lankford's office is putting out. I say HELL NO!:

The bill works to stop the illegal immigration chaos now and in the future. Here are some of the details:

NO amnesty—period NO free work permits handed out at the border NO more 10-year wait for an asylum hearing More ICE agents for deportations More Border Patrol agents for arrests More asylum officers for faster hearings and deportation Builds the wall More than $650 million is recapitalized for border wall construction next year Adds more technology at the border to interdict drugs and illegal crossings Increases detention beds to 50,000 to end catch and release Doubles the number of deportation flights Ends the cartel trick of trafficking children with adults so the adults can enter the country faster Raises the standard to prove an asylum request, so people coming to our border can no longer just say, “I have fear in my country” and get released into America for years Deports anyone seeking asylum with a criminal record immediately, instead of the current policy of deporting them years from now Deports any alien who could have resettled in another country on the way to the United States Deports any alien who came to America to seek “protection,” but they could have just moved to another town in their own country and been safe Adds more asylum officers for screening to make sure the handful of people who actually qualify for asylum are able to be considered for that process fast and the majority of people who do not qualify for asylum are deported faster Creates a new Title 42-like authority to shut down and deport everyone when the border is being overrun--Currently when there is a caravan of people, everyone is released into the country because there is not enough time to process everyone fully. This new authority would reverse that by deporting everyone when the border is overrun with too many people to process. Creates sanctions for the criminal cartels who traffic dangerous drugs like fentanyl and meth into our country Finally finishes vetting the Afghan refugees that have been in our country for two years and accelerates the processing of the Afghans that fought alongside our troops who are already in the country Moves our national strategy one giant step closer to zero illegal crossings a day

BORDER SECURITY POLICY PROPOSAL

THE CURRENT SYSTEM: CATCH & RELEASE
THE NEW SYSTEM: DETAIN & DEPORT

The new border security authorities will put powerful new tools in the border security toolbox of any administration willing to secure the border. It will also set real limits on the current administration to stop the abuse of parole and prevent our nation from ever having 10,000 people a day crossing illegally or a record month like December 2023 again.

ENDS PAROLE CATCH-AND-RELEASE FIASCO AT THE BORDER

* Ends Biden’s use of catch-and-release through the CBPOne app to hand out work permits for free along the southwest border.
* The definition of humanitarian parole is clarified to stop the daily flagrant abuse of the authority at the border.
* This change alone will stop over half-a-million border crossings every year.

MANDATES A COMPLETE SHUTDOWN OF THE BORDER

* Creates a new mandatory Border Emergency Authority that will protect our nation from having another month like September, October, November or December 2023, when more than 10,000 people a day crossed the southern border.
* The new Border Emergency Authority is even stronger than the Title 42 Authority used during the Trump Administration because it also includes new legal consequences for anyone who tries to return after deported.
* No more massive caravans of migrants flowing over the border day after day.
* Allows law enforcement in America to control the border, not the criminal cartels in Mexico.
* Changes the default when the border is overrun from releasing everyone into the country to deporting everyone out of the country. When the average number of crossings exceeds 5,000 people a week (which it has every week but one in the past four months) everyone crossing illegally everyday is rapidly deported out of the country without an asylum screening. In the past four months almost a million people have crossed our border. If this law had been in place four months ago, all of them would have been deported out of the country, rather than released into the country.
* When the border closes, it stays closed and everyone is deported every day until the number of people crossing illegally drops. Once the number of encounters drop, the border continues to stay closed for up to an additional two weeks to continue to drive the numbers down; It closes the border when we exceed our capacity to detain and deport so no one is released into the Us because of the crowd.

IMPOSES IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES FOR ILLEGAL CROSSING

* Removal is carried out in days or weeks, not years.
* Prevents the administration from handing out work permits for simply crossing at a port of entry.
* Provides 50,000 detention beds, more ICE agents, more deportation flights, and more asylum officers to keep more people in custody while processing.
* If 50,000 beds is not enough to hold people during their processing, a new expedited removal authority is created which allows for faster processing and fewer appeals outside of custody in weeks, not years. No more 10 year released in the Us before their hearing.

REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE IN THE ASYLUM SCREENING

* Prohibits illegal migrants who could have relocated within their home country from being eligible for asylum in the US.
* Bars criminal aliens from getting through the first asylum screening at the border.
* Bars any alien that re-settled or could have re-settled in another country on the way to the United States.
* Raises the standard for evidence of persecution to the higher TrumpAdministration’s “reasonable possibility” standard. This alone will dramatically reduce the number of people allowed through the asylum screening process.
* Combines three separate screenings to make the process faster at the border: Credible Fear(asylum), Convention Against Torture (CAT), and Withholding of Removal. This will quickly send illegal migrants who do not qualify for asylum back to their home country, instead of being released into the Us for seemingly endless appeals and hearings.
* Each of these changes would reduce dramatically the number of people eligible to even apply for asylum, but together they will be a powerful tool for any administration willing to enforce the law.

PROVIDES NEW EXPEDITED REMOVAL AUTHORITY TO ENSURE ILLEGAL MIGRANTS ARE REMOVED WITHIN 90 DAYS

* Currently, most illegal migrants are processed without screening, released into the interior for 10 or more years, and placed into a 3 million case backlog—that ends with this bill.
* The new expedited removal authority ensures that every illegal alien who crosses the border is either detained or tracked. Some family groups are hard to detain, so those groups will have alternative to detention, fast hearings and one limited appeal.
* Those who do not qualify will be removed.

BUILDS THE WALL

* Provides $650 million to build and reinforce miles and miles of new border wall.
* It also withholds the majority of the wall money to be used during the next administration.

PROHIBITS CRIMINALS FROM OBTAINING ASYLUM

* Under current law, a criminal alien could wait 10 or more years in the asylum backlog before being denied and sent home.
* Rather than allowing these criminal aliens to be caught, released, and remain at large in the Us this bill will deny and deport these criminal aliens immediately after they cross the border.

RADICAL CHANGE FROM CATCH AND RELEASE TO ENFORCE AND DEPORT

* Increases Border Patrol recruitment and streamlines hiring.
* Funding for more Ice Agents and ICE detention beds.
* Funding for effective mandatory monitoring.
* Funding for ICE removal operations (flights and buses back home).
* Uses direct hire procedures to increase ICE deportation officers and enforcement and removal personnel to ensure that illegal migrants can be quickly repatriated to their home countries.

THE NEW BORDER SECURITY BILL DOES NOT INCLUDE AMNESTY OF ANY KIND

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