The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday ordered authorities to prioritize the deportation of illegal migrants who “pose a threat to national security, public safety and border security” – saying the government has access à There are no resources to catch everyone who does. . America illegally.
“The fact that a person is a removable non-citizen… should not in itself justify coercive action against them,” reads the seven-page note from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Meyerkas. “We will use our discretion and focus our enforcement resources in a more targeted manner. It is necessary for the justice and the good of our country.
More shockingly, the memo indicates that there may be “mitigating factors” that oppose the deportation of an illegal immigrant who has committed a crime, including “an advanced age or a minor”; “Long presence in the United States”; “Military or other public service of a non-citizen or his immediate family”; and “Effects of Deportation on Family in the United States”.
Meyerkas wrote that officers would also be prohibited from seeking to arrest and deport anyone in retaliation for exercising First Amendment rights, such as engaging in protests or participating in union activity.
“Whether a non-citizen poses an existing threat to public safety should not be determined by clear lines or categories,” the memo reads. “Rather, it requires an assessment of the individual and all of the facts and circumstances.”
The document states that “Most of the undocumented non-nationals facing deportation have been active members of our communities for years. They include people who work on the front lines in the fight against COVID. We run our circles of faith, teach our children, do grueling farm work to help put food on our tables, and contribute in many other meaningful ways.
The new guidelines call on authorities to focus their efforts on illegal immigrants who entered the United States after November 1, 2020, or who are suspected of or involved in terrorism or espionage.
The guidelines, due to go into effect Nov. 29, replace provisional rules released in February that were initially blocked by a federal judge in August in a lawsuit brought by Texas and Louisiana. The judge ruled that the administration did not have the discretion to choose which migrants to detain, but a federal appeals court allowed the guidelines to take effect as the trial proceeds.
Thursday’s note was heavily criticized by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Who tweeted: “The Biden administration has welcomed the influx of illegal aliens crossing our border and now promises these same illegal aliens that ‘they can live in America without them. Bad effects. “
The White House has been criticized for relying on a Trump-era public health authority by the liberals for swiftly deporting migrants – including nearly 5,000 Haitians who recently crossed the US-Mexico border at Del Rio , in Texas. of – while also facing Republican criticism. We have not done enough to counter the sharp increase in illegal immigration.
A federal appeals court in Washington on Thursday evening approved the administration to pursue deportations of families under authority, known as Title 42. The appeals court stayed the lower court’s order barring the deportation of the family a few hours before the ban takes effect.
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