The Biden administration has allowed 99% of migrants who have crossed the border since 2021 — more than two million people — to remain in the country, according to a new congressional report released Monday by House Republicans.
The report found that “at least” 2,148,738 illegal aliens had been released into the United States by the Department of Homeland Security since Joe Biden took office through March 31, 2023.
Of them, only a small fraction have been properly examined to prove their asylum claims, the study states.
“Only six percent of illegal aliens released into the United States were even tested for fear of persecution. [in their home country] for asylum purposes,” reads the study initiated by the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jim Jordan, and the chairman of the Immigration Subcommittee, Tom McClintock.
The report finds that only 5,993 illegal immigrants who were chosen for deportation were seen by an immigration judge and then removed from the country, according to the shocking report.
The report found that “at least” 2,148,738 illegal aliens had been released into the United States since Biden took office through March 2023. James Keivom
“These data contradict[s] “Secretary Mayorkas’ statements that the southwest border is closed and that illegal aliens are ‘quickly’ expelled,” it states.
“Instead, since more than 99 percent of illegal aliens remain within the United States after being released by the Biden Administration, our immigration laws are virtually non-enforceable.”
The report also noted that due to the large number of people crossing illegally into the United States, overwhelmed officials are often unable to fully carry out their duties.
It noted: “Due to the unprecedented border crisis, some Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been forced to abandon arrests and removals of aliens, including criminal aliens, to process illegal aliens who have arrived. to the southwest border.”
Migrants in Jacumbo, California.AFP via Getty Images
Meanwhile, thousands of migrants continue to cross the southern border every day.
In a sparsely populated rural California town, human smugglers drop off migrants and simply walk into the United States through gaps in the border wall, according to reports.
Migrants from a mix of nations are gathering at the arid hot springs of Jacumbo, about 75 miles east of San Diego, and slipping into the country as overwhelmed border agents watch.
“The officers are overwhelmed and are very clear about the fact that this is not their job, this is not what they are prepared for, they were never prepared to do something like this,” said Samuel Schultz, an employee at an aid organization. to immigrants. “They are devastated.”
Hundreds of immigrants have entered the United States from that area every day.AP
Schultz told Border Report that migrants stop at an area where a border wall ends and wait until they can enter U.S. soil.
“You can see the dust clouds on the roads south of the border, you know they are coming,” he said. “It’s an ebb and flow, 600 one day, then 300 the next day, then back to 600, there are ups and downs.”
According to the report, instead of trying to stem the tide of illegal immigrants, border agents serve to manage the influx into Jacumbo.
Border patrol agents in the area say they are overwhelmed.AP
They prioritize the entry of women and children and prepare them for transport to a border facility approximately 30 miles away.
Immigrants often camp in scorching temperatures until the opportunity to be interviewed and processed arrives, after which they are largely released into the United States to continue their asylum cases.
Jacumbo became a popular destination for border crossers in May, attracting thousands of immigrants as Title 42 removal laws were set to expire.
Immigrant supporters have criticized processing facilities in the area as harsh “detention” camps, prompting a response from border officials this week.
Migrants wait in the area until they are allowed to enter the country.AP
“The United States Border Patrol, San Diego Sector, is currently experiencing irregular levels of migration between official ports of entry,” the agency said in a statement.
“This level of migration is driven by criminal human trafficking organizations that continue to exploit vulnerable migrant populations for profit. To address current migration patterns, the San Diego Sector Border Patrol is leveraging all available resources to find, transport and process migrants as quickly and safely as possible while upholding other vital security priorities. border.”
After the expiration of pandemic-era Title 42 measures in May, the Biden administration said it would get tough on immigration and only allow people into the country who had a sponsor and documentation and who had filled out forms. and made an appointment through a phone application.
However, it was quickly realized that this was not the case and unprecedented levels of migrants arriving at the US border seeking asylum have continued ever since.
Finally, beginning to wake up to the crisis, the Biden administration said last week that it would waive 26 laws to build 20 miles of the border wall initiated by President Trump, citing an “acute and immediate need to build physical barriers and roads… to prevent illegal entries into the United States.”
Plans were also announced to begin deporting people directly to Venezuela, the country where most of the immigrants come from.
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