The Biden Administration is shifting to their third strategy on dealing with the crisis at the border after attempting unilateral enforcement disarmament and denial. With the expansion of the illegal Central American Minors (CAM) Program, the Biden Administration is going to provide a "public option" for people looking to enter the United States and work without going through our immigration system.
The Biden Administration is barreling towards the midway point of its inaugural year and while their immigration policies received rave reviews from cartels, smugglers and traffickers, the courts are starting to signal the honeymoon is over.
Republicans on the House Committee for Natural Resources hosted a forum this week to discuss the environmental impacts of Pres. Biden's ongoing border crisis. In each of the last two months, 170,000 illegal border crossers have been apprehended by Border Patrol agents, not to mention the countless number of individuals who crossed illegally and undetected.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas advanced the Biden Administration's efforts this week to completely dismantle interior immigration enforcement. DHS took steps to shut down two facilities that detain illegal aliens -- one in Georgia and one in Massachusetts. Along with the closing of the Massachusetts facility, DHS announced it's also cancelling its 287(g) agreement with the Bristol County sheriff's office.
In his first address before a joint session of Congress, Pres. Biden urged the few Members in attendance to approve his massive immigration reform bill that would grant amnesty to more than 11 million illegal aliens and triple the number of green cards issued over the next decade. As for the ongoing crisis at the southern border, where a record number of unaccompanied alien children have been apprehended crossing the border illegally, Biden took no responsibility and instead blamed the surge on conditions in Central America and Donald Trump.
This coming Wednesday, the House subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, will hold a hearing oddly entitled "Why Don't They Just Get in Line? Barriers to Legal Immigration." You may think this is a waste of time and certainly I forgive the sentiment. However, there is always opportunity to learn even in the darkest of times. On paper, Democrats holding a committee hearing to rebut a strawman rhetorical question they asked themselves is an excellent microcosm of how Democratic leadership has functioned in the majority this year, but it does provide some space for an actual discussion about how many legal ways aliens can enter the United States.
To establish regional processing centers, to improve the asylum and credible fear processes to promote fairness and efficiency, to require immigration court docketing priorities during irregular migration influx events, and to improve the capability of the Department of Homeland Security to manage migration flows, and for other purposes.
A bill to establish regional processing centers, to improve the asylum and credible fear processes to promote fairness and efficiency, to require immigration court docketing priorities during irregular migration influx events, and to improve the capability of the Department of Homeland Security to manage migration flows, and for other purposes.
