The Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, admitted on "Fox News Sunday" that over 12,000 Haitian migrants camped under the international bridge in Del Rio, Texas, have been released into the United States; Mayorkas added that more might follow.
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the legal immigration branch of the Department of Homeland Security, recently admitted before a judge that the department had approved DACA applications after a Federal Judge ruled that the Biden Administration must stop accepting new DACA requests.
Last week, what ap- peared to be an unending, exceptionally organized migrant caravan composed mainly of Haitians and some other Caribbean aliens crossed the Rio Grande and set up a sprawling tent city under the international bridge in Del Rio, Texas. With as many as 14,000 aliens in the camp later last week, there are now reportedly approx. 7,000 aliens remaining, raising the question, where did the other 7K go?
Sunday night the Senate Parliamentarian upheld the common sense proposition that immigration legislation providing amnesty to at least 8 million people is not primarily a budgetary matter ripe for budget reconciliation. Immediately, the outcry from the proponents for declaring immigration simply a budgetary matter was to either ignore the decision or offer alternative immigration provisions that would reach the same goal. Unfortunately, the option more likely to succeed is ripping up the rules of the Senate once and for all.
On Monday, the Biden Administration informed Congress that it hopes to welcome 125,000 refugees in fiscal year 2022, furthering their political mission of admitting as many foreign nationals as possible in the U.S., regardless of existing law, public opinion, or the national interest.
Late Sunday, Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate Parliamentarian, issued a decision on the viability of an ‘adjustment of status’ amnesty for 8 million illegal aliens in the massive $3,500,000,000,000 Budget Reconciliation package, which Dems hope to pass with a slim majority in the House, and just 50 Senators.
On Thursday, a District Judge for the District of Columbia issued a national injunction ordering the Biden Administration to stop using the CDC's Title 42 to expel migrants who illegally crossed the border, despite the public health risk they pose to local communities, and the new magnet left by ending the program.
The Department of Homeland Security released official border statistics for August; total encounters reached 208,887 last month, Border Patrol agents encountered 195,558 aliens, while the Office of Field Operations encountered another 13,329 at ports of entry.
According to a report published by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security on September 14, U.S. Customs and Border Protection "does not conduct COVID-19 testing for migrants who enter CBP custody and is not required to do so."
The Biden Administration announced Monday that they would begin to accept new applications for its expanded Central American Minors (CAM) program, which is designed to allow adults in the United States to petition to bring minor dependents into the country legally.