Top ICE Official Admits Biden Administration Detaining, Removing Fewer Illegal Immigrants
A top U.S. immigration enforcement official has acknowledged that President Joe Biden’s administration is detaining and removing fewer illegal immigrants than earlier administrations.
“Since President Biden became president on January 20, 2021, ERO is removing less aliens, correct?” Florida Chief Deputy Attorney General John Guard asked Corey Price, executive associate director for Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), which is part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“That’s correct,” Price responded.
“Director, ICE currently is removing less aliens from the United States than it has in the last decade, right?” Guard asked.
“I do not have the last 10 years’ data available. But it is less than at least the last four years that I have here,” Price said.
ICE only detained 45,680 illegal immigrants in 2021, about half as many as it did in 2020. And in 2022, the agency has only detained about 48,200 illegal immigrants.
Price was speaking during a deposition for a case filed against the Biden administration by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody.
Price was later shown an email sent soon after Biden took office to top immigration officials, including acting ICE Director Tae Johnson, by Henry Lucero, the executive associate director of ERO.
Lucero informed the officials that the Biden administration’s change in immigration enforcement policies would likely reduce detention numbers by half.
“And given the data that we just looked at … Lucero [and other officials] were almost right on the money on their predictions, correct?” Guard asked.
“That appears correct,” Price said.
ICE, its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and the White House did not respond to requests for comment.
“Our deposition provides even more proof that the Biden administration is intentionally underenforcing federal immigration law in a way that has never been seen. At every phase of the process, Biden is purposely failing to enforce
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