‘Earlier this week, I published a list of 100 examples of the death and destruction being caused by the Biden Administration’s border catastrophe. Tragically, that list grows by the day. What happened to Georgia student Laken Riley on Thursday is a direct result of the open borders policy choices of Biden & Mayorkas. The president must act TODAY to end those policies.’ – Speaker Johnson
REMINDER: When Biden took office, he immediately began decimating border security through executive action. Here are 64 actions Biden took to undermine border enforcement and encourage illegal immigration: Terminated the National Emergency With Respect To The Southern Border (Proclamation 9844), halting emergency construction of a border wall (January 20, 2021) Issued an executive order further entrenching the unlawful DACA program, signaling to illegal aliens that Biden supports amnesty and illegal aliens need not fear coming to the U.S. or worry about immigration enforcement (January 20, 2021) Unveiled the U.S. Citizenship Act, which would provide amnesty to millions of illegal aliens in the U.S. (January 20, 2021) Revoked Trump-era executive order that was designed to ensure there was meaningful enforcement of U.S. immigration laws (January 20, 2021) Issued an executive action ending limitations and restrictions against immigration from certain countries associated with terrorism (January 20, 2021)
Announced a 100-day moratorium on deportations and immigration enforcement (January 20, 2021) Implemented a policy requiring a new “process [that] shall provide for assessments of alternatives to removal including, but not limited to, staying or reopening cases, alternative forms of detention, custodial detention, whether to grant temporary deferred action, or other appropriate action” (February 1, 2021) Issued Executive Order 14010 and began processing asylum claims at the border, signaling an end to the Migrant Protection Protocols known as “Remain in Mexico” (February 2, 2021) Suspended, and began termination procedures, for the Trump administration’s Asylum Cooperative Agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras (February 6, 2021) Voluntarily stopped applying Title 42 expulsions to children across the board, setting off a major wave of unaccompanied alien children, family units, and illegal aliens generally heading to the U.S. border (February 2021) Exempted unaccompanied alien children (UAC) from Title 42 expulsion requirements, thereby encouraging UACs to come to the U.S. and parents to pay cartels to smuggle their children to the U.S. border (February 17, 2021) Sped up releases of UACs (February 25, 2021) Reportedly lost track of 20,000 unaccompanied alien children (March 2, 2021) Ignored normal facilities guidance regarding COVID-19 and notified “facilities caring for migrant children that they can open back up to pre-COVID-19 levels, acknowledging ‘extraordinary circumstances’” (March 5, 2021) Announced reinstatement of the Central American Minors program, an Obama-era parole program that allowed citizens and aliens — including illegal aliens — to bypass the family-based immigration laws adopted by Congress and sponsor family members El Salvador (March 10, 2021) Delivered remarks effectively explaining the border is open for illegal immigration by stating DHS’s focus would be on “processing” illegal aliens — in other words catch-and-release and the creation of new “lawful pathways” (March 16, 2021) Began issuing illegal alien border crossers a Notice to Report (NTR) to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — as opposed to the standard Notice to Appear (NTA) in U.S. immigration court — allowing illegal aliens to be released into the U.S. and self-report at a later date (March 20, 2021)
Expanded detention space to house unaccompanied alien children in so-called “Influx Care Facilities,” often using unlicensed facilities that lacked child welfare experience, and holding children for a longer period than allowed by law (March 30, 2021) Rolled back requirements for background checks on adults in the household of a UAC sponsor (March 31, 2021) Canceled further border wall construction led by the Department of Defense (April 30, 2021) Announced expansion of the Central American Minors (CAM) program to broaden the list of illegal aliens who can sponsor family members through the program, including illegal aliens who claim asylum (June 15, 2021) Rescinded the Trump-era decision In Matter of L-E-A-, thereby expanding asylum eligibility to allow nuclear or immediate familial relationships to be treated as a “particular social group” (June 16, 2021) Rescinded the Trump-era decision in Matter of A-B I and A-B II, thereby expanding asylum eligibility to include gender and domestic relationships as certain social groups, reverting to policy under in Matter of A-R-C-G (June 16, 2021) Released at least 50,000 aliens without giving them a “Notice to Appear,” instead advising them to self-report to ICE (July 2021) Authorized the use of parole plus alternatives to detention (ATD) in the Del Rio Border Sector (August 5, 2021) Announced an expansion of alternatives to detention (effectively reinstating and expanding catch and release) and announced the expansion of taxpayer-funded services to illegal aliens in removal proceedings (August 17, 2021)
Released over 100,000 aliens into the United States without a “Notice to Appear,” instead advising them to self-report to ICE (August 31, 2021) Falsely accused Border Patrol agents on horseback in Del Rio, Texas of whipping aliens at the border (September 24, 2021 Issued a memorandum that states “the fact an individual is a removeable [alien] should [not be the sole] basis of an enforcement action,” effectively using prosecutorial discretion to give deportable aliens a pass to stay (September 30, 2021) Distributed more than $300 million in federal law enforcement grants to sanctuary cities under SCAAP, Byrne, and COPS programs (amounting to 43% of total awards going to sanctuary cities), financially rewarding cities whose policies encourage illegal immigration (Fiscal Year 2021) Canceled another group of border wall contracts led by DHS related to the Laredo and Rio Grande Valley sectors (October 8, 2021) Effectively suspended large-scale worksite enforcement, a key tool to deter the hiring and employment of illegal aliens (October 12, 2021) Issued a memorandum prohibiting enforcement of immigration laws in certain areas including schools, health care facilities, recreational areas, social service and emergency facilities, ceremonial locations, and at demonstrations and rallies (October 27, 2021) Terminated the Migrant Protection Protocols known as “Remain in Mexico” (October 29, 2021 Formally created a program that included alternatives to detention plus parole, resulting in “catch and release” for hundreds of thousands of aliens into the U.S. interior after they were encountered at the border (November 2021) Repurposed three detention centers previously used for family detention (December 17, 2021) Admitted more than 79,000 Afghan evacuees as part of Operation Allies Welcome following Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal, failing to fully vet the evacuees (January 2022) Announced intent to end Title 42, but temporarily blocked by a federal district court judge (April 1, 2022)
Issued a memorandum promoting termination of cases in immigration court and directing ICE Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) trial attorneys to determine whether aliens would be considered a “priority” for removal (April 3, 2022) Reversed Trump-era public charge rule, allowing aliens who are likely to become a burden to taxpayers to receive immigration benefits – such as a visa, admission, or adjustment of status (September 9, 2022) Finalized a rule to “fortify DACA,” declaring its recipients as “lawfully present” and granting them employment documents despite ongoing litigation (October 31, 2022) Sued the State of Arizona to force Arizona to remove shipping containers placed to close gaps in the border wall (December 13, 2022) Changed CBP One app to allow border crossers to schedule online appointments (January 2023) Began abusing statutory parole authority under INA 212(d)(5) by creating a categorical parole program for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (January 6, 2023 Lost track of 85,000 alien children over the prior two years, exposed in a New York Times article (February 25, 2023) Continued to ignore the need for deportations, allowing criminal aliens to stay in the U.S. ICE’s non-detained docket grew to an estimated 5.3 million aliens, including 407,983 criminal aliens. Meanwhile, ICE arrests in Fiscal Year 2022 fell by 69% compared to Fiscal Year 2018 and arrests of convicted criminals fell 65% (to 36,322 in Fiscal Year 2022 from 105,140 in Fiscal Year 2018) (March 2023) Proposed cutting detention beds by 25% as part of its FY2024 budget request (March 25, 2023) DHS Inspector General (IG), citing lax oversight, issued a report that identified misuse and fraud of federal emergency funds, resulting in up to $110 million in funds appropriated in the American Rescue Plan and other legislation being awarded to pay for services to illegal aliens (March 28, 2023) Announced DACA recipients would be eligible for Obamacare benefits and Medicaid, giving taxpayer-funded healthcare to illegal aliens (April 13, 2023)
Announced plans to end Title 42, expand CBP One app, and create additional unlawful categorical parole programs for aliens from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia (April 27, 2023) Circulated guidance watering down the vetting process for Chinese illegal aliens (April 30, 2023) Expanded appointment capability of the CBP One App (May 5, 2023) Terminated use of Title 42 policy expulsion authority (May 11, 2023) Expanded unlawful parole programs to include individuals from Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras (May 31, 2023) Ended the DNA testing program used to verify adults who crossed the border with a child and claimed to be related to that child are, in fact, related (July 7, 2023) Sued the State of Texas to remove newly placed floating barriers in the Rio Grande River (July 24, 2023) Requested nearly $14 billion in emergency funding for the administration’s open borders policies (August 10, 2023 Released more than a dozen Uzbek nationals with ties to an ISIS smuggler into the U.S. (August 29, 2023) Rebranded “Alternatives to Detention” as “Release and Reporting Management,” effectively using ICE to provide social services to aliens (August 2023 Promulgated a proposed rule to reverse Trump-era policy and allow immigration judges to administratively close or dismiss removal proceedings without any action (September 8, 2023)
Issued new rules on UACs that fail to prevent the release of illegal alien children to strangers, fail to facilitate age determinations, and fail to collect immigration information on sponsors (October 4, 2023 Announced the creation of a new “juvenile” docket within immigration courts gives specialized treatment to 18-, 19-, and 20-year-old illegal aliens who should be deported through the expedited removal process (December 21, 2023) Following a trip to Mexico by Secretary of State Blinken and DHS Secretary Mayorkas, the Mexican government reported that their discussions focused on “regularizing” status – i.e., amnesty – for “Hispanic migrants who have been undocumented… and DACA beneficiaries” (December 28, 2023) Sued the State of Texas for enforcing a recently enacted state law allowing Texas judges and magistrates to order illegal aliens to return to their home country (January 3, 2024)
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