On Tuesday, Congressmen Andy Biggs and James Comer sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas demanding answers on DHS’s “Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law” that will prevent ICE agents from enforcing our immigration laws.
“Enough is enough. The Biden administration has created a crisis at our southern border and now Secretary Mayorkas is directing ICE agents not to enforce our immigration laws,” said Biggs. “These guidelines are an affront to the rule of law and will only further incentivize illegal immigration. Instead of preventing ICE from enforcing the law, the Biden administration should be empowering them to keep our country safe. Moreover, Secretary Mayorkas should be removed from his position of authority immediately for implementing crisis-creating policies.”
“What happened to the rule of law? Starting on day one in office, President Biden in both word and action has put illegal immigrants first and Americans last through his radical open borders agenda. Under his watch, masses of children have been held in overcrowded facilities during a pandemic, apprehensions at the southwest border are at levels never before seen, the human smuggling industry is booming, and deadly drugs like fentanyl are harming communities. Now, this administration is directing ICE to cease enforcing our immigration laws. This is unacceptable. It’s time Congressional Democrats do their job and hold this administration accountable,” said Comer.
According to Immigrationreform.com, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has released the number of encounters made along the southern border for September. The data show authorities encountered 192,001 illegal aliens, ending fiscal year (FY) 2021 at 1,734,686 million encounters – an all-time high for the Southwest border.
Since Border Patrol began keeping track of encounters in FY 1960, authorities have not faced the Biden administration’s level of illegal aliens in the 61-year period. Of the 192,001 aliens encountered in September, 26 percent had at least one prior encounter with CBP officials in the past 12 months, reports Immigrationreform.com.