Thursday, May 27, 2021

‘Functionally Abolished’: ICE Averaging ‘One Arrest Every Two Months’ Amid Border Crisis

‘Functionally Abolished’: ICE Averaging ‘One Arrest Every Two Months’ Amid Border Crisis
  • President Joe Biden has effectively abolished the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency through heavy restrictions on its operations, ICE officers say.
"ICE deportations numbered an all-time low last month with 2,962 illegal immigrants returned to their home countries. 
Plummeting immigration enforcement is a result of new policies Biden implemented that restrict who qualifies for deportation and what actions ICE is authorized to take. 
As The Washington Post reports:
Under new Biden administration rules curtailing immigration enforcement, ICE carried out fewer than 3,000 deportations last month, the lowest level on record. 
The agency’s 6,000 officers currently average one arrest every two months.
...During an April address, Biden told a group of activists shouting for him to “abolish” the agency that “I agree.”...Read all.

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