Tag: Alejandro Mayorkas

Nearly 95,000 Illegal Immigrants Released Into US Without Court Dates

President Joe Biden’s administration released nearly 95,000 illegal immigrants into the U.S. interior without court dates, a top official revealed Tuesday. The illegal aliens were given notices to report to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office. Typically, aliens are ordered to appear in court at a future date to try to convince a judge…


DHS Secretary Mayorkas Ends ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Despite Court Order

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday ended the “Remain in Mexico” program despite being ordered by a court to move in good faith to restore it. “I am hereby terminating MPP,” Mayorkas wrote in a memorandum. The program is formally known as the Migrant Policy Protocols (MPP). Started during the Trump administration, it forced…


Biden Administration Expands List of ‘Sensitive’ Places Where Immigration Officers Cannot Make Arrests

President Joe Biden’s top homeland security official on Wednesday ordered immigration officers not to arrest illegal immigrants at a number of places, including food banks and shelters. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas detailed the safe spaces for illegal aliens in a memorandum to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. “Sensitive locations” where officers were barred…


Homeland Security Secretary Tests Positive for COVID-19 Two Days After Event With Bidens

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday although he is fully vaccinated, according to a spokesperson for the agency. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson Marsha Espinosa said Mayorkas “tested positive this morning for the COVID-19 virus after taking a test as part of routine pre-travel protocols.” “Mayorkas is experiencing only…


DHS Chief Orders ICE to End Mass Raids of Workplaces of Suspected Illegal Aliens

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued a memo Tuesday ordering immigration and border agents to stop raids and arrests at workplaces of suspected illegal aliens. “The deployment of mass worksite operations, sometimes resulting in the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of workers, was not focused on the most pernicious aspect of our country’s unauthorized employment challenge: exploitative employers,”…


DHS Secretary Defends Use of Title 42 to Expel Illegal Immigrants

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday defended how the Biden administration is continuing to use a Trump-era policy to expel illegal immigrants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced last year it was using Title 42, a public health authority, to order the expulsion of illegal aliens due to concerns of…


New DHS Guidelines: Being in US Illegally Not Reason Enough to Arrest Someone

New guidelines promulgated by a top Biden administration official on Thursday advise immigration enforcement agents that being in the country illegally is not by itself enough reason to arrest somebody. More than 11 million illegal immigrants are estimated to be in the United States, but Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not have the resources…


DHS Secretary: As Many as 12,000 Illegal Haitian Immigrants Released Into the US in Recent Days

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday that a significant number of Haitian illegal immigrants who had amassed along the U.S.-Mexico border last week are being released into the United States. About 12,400 out of 17,000 Haitians are having their cases heard by immigration courts, Mayorkas said, adding that about 5,000 are being processed…


US Deports Over 1,000 Haitians but DHS Refuses to Say How Many Released Into America

DEL RIO, Texas—The United States has deported over 1,000 Haitians who streamed into this small border city, but officials are refusing to say how many others have been released into America’s interior. The number of illegal immigrants, primarily from Haiti, rapidly built up under the international bridge near the border last week, at one point topping…


US Deports Over 1,000 Haitians But DHS Declines to Say How Many Released in America

DEL RIO, Texas—The United States has deported more than 1,000 Haitians who streamed into the small border city of Del Rio, Texas, although officials are refusing to say how many others have been released into America’s interior. The number of illegal immigrants, primarily from Haiti, rapidly grew under the international bridge near the border last week, at…