{"id":25080,"date":"2021-10-05T20:42:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T00:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=25080"},"modified":"2021-10-05T20:47:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T00:47:00","slug":"border-crisis-mayorkas-shielding-illegal-aliens-deportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/10\/05\/border-crisis-mayorkas-shielding-illegal-aliens-deportation\/","title":{"rendered":"As Border Crisis Continues, Mayorkas Doubles Down on Shielding Illegal Aliens From Deportation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When faced with an overflowing bathtub \u2013 which very much resembles Joe Biden\u2019s illegal migration crisis<\/a> at the southern border \u2013 the first instinct of the vast majority of people would undoubtedly be to quickly shut off the water. Such basic common sense, however, seems to be completely foreign to the Biden administration. Rather than securing the border and reducing incentives that attract hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants each month, the White House continues<\/a> to do the exact opposite by making it as easy as possible for illegal aliens to remain in the country and attracting never-ending droves of new ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such is the case with Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas\u2019 Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law<\/a>, a September 30 memorandum that will go into effect on November 29. The memo rescinds and replaces previous Biden administration anti-enforcement guidelines<\/a>, essentially doubling down on Team Biden\u2019s desire to shut down practically all deportations. It also follows the administration\u2019s semantic policy, employing the politically correct euphemism of \u201cundocumented noncitizens\u201d in place of illegal aliens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Framing the (extremely)\nbroad \u201cexercise of prosecutorial discretion\u201d as the memo\u2019s \u201cfoundational\nprinciple,\u201d Mayorkas lists both \u201caggravating factors that mitigate in favor of\nenforcement action,\u201d such as \u201cthe gravity of the offense of conviction and the\nsentence imposed,\u201d or \u201ca serious prior criminal record,\u201d and a much longer,\nextremely extensive list of \u201cmitigating factors.\u201d The latter includes \u201cadvanced\nor tender age,\u201d a \u201clengthy presence in the United States,\u201d the \u201cimpact of\nremoval on family in the United States,\u201d and \u201cwhether the noncitizen may be\neligible for humanitarian protection or other immigration relief.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, as Mayorkas makes\nclear in the memo, the guidelines are about more than just making it even\neasier for illegal aliens to remain in the U.S. unlawfully. It is ultimately\nabout paving the way for eventual amnesty. \u201cIn exercising our discretion,\u201d the\nDHS head states, \u201cwe are guided by the fact that the majority of undocumented noncitizens\nwho could be subject to removal have been contributing members of our communities\nfor years. (\u2026) Numerous times over the years, and presently, bipartisan groups\nof leaders have recognized these noncitizens\u2019 contributions to state and local\ncommunities and have tried to pass legislation that would provide a path to\ncitizenship or other lawful status for the approximately 11 million\nundocumented noncitizens.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The long outdated 11 million figure is a gross underestimate. FAIR has shown that there were at least 14.5 million illegal aliens<\/a> here as of last year. But Mayorkas\u2019 intention is clear: the administration is drastically limiting deportations because their political goal is to reward those who violated our borders and laws with legal status and citizenship. Of course, that is not at all surprising coming from an administration which puts its own ideology above our laws, essentially nullifying countless federal statutes by exempting the overwhelming majority of violators from compliance. Mayorkas puzzlingly asserts that \u201c[t]he fact an individual is a removable noncitizen therefore should not alone be the basis of an enforcement action against them\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayorkas\u2019 enforcement\nguidelines are yet another signal to prospective illegal migrants: take your\nchances and come to the United States, and we will make it extremely unlikely\nthat you will ever be deported. Although Mayorkas\u2019 guidelines state that anyone\n\u201capprehended in the United States after unlawfully entering after November 1, 2020,\u201d\nwill be subject to removal, the department\u2019s actions (or, inactions) speak far\nmore loudly than the words he puts on paper.\n\nSuch policies are\npart of a disturbing pattern and continue to undermine the rather charitable\nview that the Biden border crisis is an act of mere incompetence. And they\ndemonstrate that the Biden administration approach is to put illegal aliens\nfirst, at the expense of American citizens and legal immigrants.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When faced with an overflowing bathtub \u2013 which very much resembles Joe Biden\u2019s illegal migration crisis at the southern border \u2013 the first instinct of the vast majority of people would undoubtedly be to quickly shut off the water. Such basic common sense, however, seems to be completely foreign to the Biden administration. Rather than<\/p>\n

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