{"id":1125335,"date":"2021-12-16T13:14:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T18:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1125335"},"modified":"2021-12-16T13:14:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T18:14:50","slug":"how-joe-biden-effectively-ended-deportations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-joe-biden-effectively-ended-deportations\/","title":{"rendered":"How Joe Biden Effectively Ended Deportations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-joe-biden-effectively-ended-deportations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1125335&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden\u2019s disastrous performance as president does not simply happen by accident; it takes planning. In the name of transforming America, every one of the Biden administration\u2019s actions harm Americans while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-one-thing-that-explains-everything-democrats-do\">favoring core Democratic constituencies<\/a>. America\u2019s uncontrolled border with Mexico offers a perfect illustration of the way Biden\u2019s intended policies leave U.S. citizens unprotected, while shielding lawbreakers from the consequences of their actions.<\/p>\n<p>Fiscal year 2021, which began in October 2020, broke the record for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/3-stories-the-media-ignored-this-week\">largest influx of illegal immigrants in U.S. history on record<\/a>. As more than 1.7 million illegal aliens crossed the southern border during that 12 month period, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/deportations-have-dropped-90-percent-with-biden-in-office\">deportations fell by 90%<\/a> over pre-pandemic levels from January 21 to July 9, even as illegal immigration skyrocketed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmigration enforcement, as measured by the number of aliens removed from the country, has collapsed to the lowest level since the mid-1990s, according to ICE deportation records the Center has obtained. Under policies imposed by the Biden administration, removals dropped by 80 percent since last year\u2019s low point during the pandemic lockdown, and by 90 percent since 2019, the last normal year for ICE operations,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/cis.org\/Report\/Deportations-Plummet-Under-Biden-Enforcement-Policies\">wrote<\/a> Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the <a href=\"https:\/\/cis.org\/\">Center for Immigration Studies<\/a>. \u201cThe number of aliens removed who had serious criminal convictions also has declined by over 50 percent from 2020 and by 65 percent since 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration, like the Obama-Biden administration, has constantly blamed the lack of deportations on \u201climited resources,\u201d but the numbers give the lie to this. In March 2011, then-ICE Director John Morton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/doclib\/news\/releases\/2011\/110302washingtondc.pdf\">wrote<\/a> that ICE \u201conly has resources to remove approximately 400,000 aliens per year,\u201d and ICE removed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Report\/2016\/fy2015removalStats.pdf\">396,906<\/a> illegal immigrants that year. Yet in the intervening decade, ICE has added more officers (and more taxpayers\u2019 funding), while slashing the level of deportations. \u201c[W]hen Morton made that claim, ICE had 20,142 employees and a budget of $5.342 billion,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/cis.org\/Arthur\/Chilling-Implication-Bidens-Enforcement-Policies\">wrote<\/a> Andrew&nbsp;R. Arthur of CIS. \u201cBy&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/u.s._immigration_and_customs_enforcement.pdf\">FY 2021<\/a>, ICE had funding for 21,102 employees (a modest increase of almost 4.8 percent) and a budget of $7.875 billion (a significantly less modest 47.4 percent increase).\u201d But, according to the report Vaughan cited, ICE removed only 62,000 illegal immigrants in the 2021 fiscal year which, Arthur noted, represents \u201ca decrease of more than 84 percent since FY 2011.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The precipitous drop in deportations certainly does not stem from a lack of opportunity. Border Patrol agents encountered a total of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\">1,734,686<\/a> illegal immigrants at the southern border during FY 2021. The artificial reduction has nothing whatsoever to do with Border Patrol agents\u2019 inability or unwillingness to do their job. Deportations have plummeted because of deliberate policies crafted before Joe Biden came to power and enacted by the Democratic administration since literally its first day in the White House.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A chronological account of how Joe Biden opened America\u2019s borders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the 2020 presidential election, candidates Biden and Kamala Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/it-turns-out-that-promising-free-stuff-to-illegal-immigrants-causes-more-illegal-immigration\">promised<\/a> \u201cfree\u201d health care for anyone who could reach U.S. shores and rolled out an eight-year amnesty plan that would grant U.S. citizenship to most illegal immigrants in the country. The Democrats began prioritizing illegal immigrants from day one.<\/p>\n<p>On his first day in office, Joe Biden signed a flurry of executive orders that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/proclamation-termination-of-emergency-with-respect-to-southern-border-of-united-states-and-redirection-of-funds-diverted-to-border-wall-construction\/\">terminated construction<\/a> of President Donald Trump\u2019s border wall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/proclamation-ending-discriminatory-bans-on-entry-to-the-united-states\/\">ended<\/a> President Trump\u2019s anti-terror travel ban, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-ensuring-a-lawful-and-accurate-enumeration-and-apportionment-pursuant-to-decennial-census\/\">ordered<\/a> the Census Bureau to count illegal immigrants toward a state\u2019s population \u201cfor purposes of congressional representation, without regard to whether its residents are in lawful immigration status.\u201d The last policy rewarded states and localities that turn a blind eye to illegal immigration with a greater voice in Congress and a larger claim on federal funds.<\/p>\n<p>The same day, January 20, Biden\u2019s political appointees made it more difficult for border enforcement agents to do their jobs. Then-Acting DHS Secretary David Pekoske issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/21_0120_enforcement-memo_signed.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0-6DifCXLAylEzR58LUK_Sw1uJORroFP4s7MvbBEvE8d9xF2MHyF3_fFE\">memo<\/a> decreeing that, henceforth, the department would \u201cprioritize\u201d deporting illegal aliens who fell into one of three categories: those suspected of threatening national security, those convicted and released from jail after committing an \u201caggravated felony,\u201d and those \u201cwho were not physically present in the United States before November 1, 2020.\u201d In practice, that meant the Biden administration would<em>&nbsp;<\/em>deport virtually no one who did not fall into one of those categories.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequent policies hardly improved the situation.&nbsp;On February 18, Acting ICE Director Tae Johnson broadened the categories a bit, graciously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/doclib\/news\/releases\/2021\/021821_civil-immigration-enforcement_interim-guidance.pdf\">allowing<\/a> ICE to deport illegal aliens who \u201cintentionally participated in an organized criminal gang \u2026 to further the illegal activity of the gang or transnational criminal organization\u201d and are at least 16 years old.<\/p>\n<p>As illegal border crossings exploded compared to pre-pandemic levels, President Biden signaled his desire to further deprive ICE of enforcement resources. In June, President Biden requested only enough funds to detain 30,000 illegal immigrants a day \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollcall.com\/2021\/06\/08\/advocates-chide-biden-over-ice-funding-plan\/\">a reduction of 1,500<\/a> from the previous year, despite higher illegal foot traffic along the Southwest Border.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration also moved to make<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s disastrous performance as president does not simply happen by accident; it takes planning. In the name of transforming America, every one of the Biden administration\u2019s actions harm Americans while favoring core Democratic constituencies. America\u2019s uncontrolled border with Mexico offers a perfect illustration of the way Biden\u2019s intended policies leave U.S. citizens unprotected, while shielding lawbreakers from the consequences of their actions.Fiscal year 2021, which began in October 2020, broke the record for the largest influx of illegal immigrants in U.S. history on record. As more than 1.7 million illegal aliens crossed the southern border during that 12 month period, deportations fell by 90% over pre-pandemic levels from January 21 to July 9, even as illegal immigration skyrocketed.\u201cImmigration enforcement, as measured by the number of aliens removed from the country, has collapsed to the lowest level since the mid-1990s, according to ICE deportation records the Center has obtained. Under policies imposed by the Biden administration, removals dropped by 80 percent since last year\u2019s low point during the pandemic lockdown, and by 90 percent since 2019, the last normal year for ICE operations,\u201d wrote Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies. \u201cThe number of aliens removed who had serious criminal convictions also has declined by over 50 percent from 2020 and by 65 percent since 2019.\u201dThe Biden administration, like the Obama-Biden administration, has constantly blamed the lack of deportations on \u201climited resources,\u201d but the numbers give the lie to this. In March 2011, then-ICE Director John Morton wrote that ICE \u201conly has resources to remove approximately 400,000 aliens per year,\u201d and ICE removed 396,906 illegal immigrants that year. Yet in the intervening decade, ICE has added more officers (and more taxpayers\u2019 funding), while slashing the level of deportations. \u201c[W]hen Morton made that claim, ICE had 20,142 employees and a budget of $5.342 billion,\u201d wrote Andrew\u00a0R. Arthur of CIS. \u201cBy\u00a0FY 2021, ICE had funding for 21,102 employees (a modest increase of almost 4.8 percent) and a budget of $7.875 billion (a significantly less modest 47.4 percent increase).\u201d But, according to the report Vaughan cited, ICE removed only 62,000 illegal immigrants in the 2021 fiscal year which, Arthur noted, represents \u201ca decrease of more than 84 percent since FY 2011.\u201dThe precipitous drop in deportations certainly does not stem from a lack of opportunity. Border Patrol agents encountered a total of\u00a01,734,686 illegal immigrants at the southern border during FY 2021. The artificial reduction has nothing whatsoever to do with Border Patrol agents\u2019 inability or unwillingness to do their job. Deportations have plummeted because of deliberate policies crafted before Joe Biden came to power and enacted by the Democratic administration since literally its first day in the White House.A chronological account of how Joe Biden opened America\u2019s bordersDuring the 2020 presidential election, candidates Biden and Kamala Harris promised \u201cfree\u201d health care for anyone who could reach U.S. shores and rolled out an eight-year amnesty plan that would grant U.S. citizenship to most illegal immigrants in the country. The Democrats began prioritizing illegal immigrants from day one.On his first day in office, Joe Biden signed a flurry of executive orders that terminated construction of President Donald Trump\u2019s border wall, ended President Trump\u2019s anti-terror travel ban, and ordered the Census Bureau to count illegal immigrants toward a state\u2019s population \u201cfor purposes of congressional representation, without regard to whether its residents are in lawful immigration status.\u201d The last policy rewarded states and localities that turn a blind eye to illegal immigration with a greater voice in Congress and a larger claim on federal funds.The same day, January 20, Biden\u2019s political appointees made it more difficult for border enforcement agents to do their jobs. Then-Acting DHS Secretary David Pekoske issued a memo decreeing that, henceforth, the department would \u201cprioritize\u201d deporting illegal aliens who fell into one of three categories: those suspected of threatening national security, those convicted and released from jail after committing an \u201caggravated felony,\u201d and those \u201cwho were not physically present in the United States before November 1, 2020.\u201d In practice, that meant the Biden administration would\u00a0deport virtually no one who did not fall into one of those categories.Subsequent policies hardly improved the situation.\u00a0On February 18, Acting ICE Director Tae Johnson broadened the categories a bit, graciously allowing ICE to deport illegal aliens who \u201cintentionally participated in an organized criminal gang \u2026 to further the illegal activity of the gang or transnational criminal organization\u201d and are at least 16 years old.As illegal border crossings exploded compared to pre-pandemic levels, President Biden signaled his desire to further deprive ICE of enforcement resources. In June, President Biden requested only enough funds to detain 30,000 illegal immigrants a day \u2014 a reduction of 1,500 from the previous year, despite higher illegal foot traffic along the Southwest Border.The Biden administration also moved to make it easier for agents to release those caught crossing the border illegally. Under existing law, the administration can grant \u201cparole\u201d to illegal immigrants \u201conly on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.\u201d On August 20, the Biden administration\u2019s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed a revision making it easier to grant illegal aliens \u201cparole\u201d when the administration determines detention is \u201cimpracticable.\u201dThe Biden administration also literally took away the resources Border Patrol agents use to stop illegal border crossings \u2014 and save the lives of those stranded by human smugglers. The legacy media engaged in a feeding frenzy over Border Patrol agents who allegedly used whips on Haitian \u201cmigrants\u201d in Del Rio, Texas. President Biden personally\u00a0vowed, \u201cI promise you, those people will pay. There will be an investigation underway now and there will be consequences.\u201d The DHS declined to investigate mounted agents because Border Patrol agents do not have whips, and nothing in the photos showed any agent harming anyone. They were instead swinging their reins, something officers say they do to keep migrants from being tramped by their horses. Nonetheless, on September 23, Jan Psaki announced\u00a0that the administration had banned Border Patrol agents from using horses.A week later, DHS added a new host of exceptions to immigration enforcement, while putatively increasing border enforcement. On September 30, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas released new guidelines that allow broader arrests, in theory \u2014 but first, the administration must perform a complicated evaluation of the detainee\u2019s entire life history. \u201cWhether a noncitizen poses a current threat to public safety is not to be determined according to bright lines or categories,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIt instead requires an assessment of the individual and the totality of the facts and circumstances.\u201d\u00a0Mayorkas\u2019 memo explained:There can be aggravating factors that militate in favor of enforcement action. Such factors can include, for example:the gravity of the offense of conviction and the sentence imposed;the nature and degree of harm caused by the criminal offense;the sophistication of the criminal offense;use or threatened use of a firearm or dangerous weapon;a serious prior criminal record. Conversely, there can be mitigating factors that militate in favor of declining enforcement action. Such factors can include, for example: advanced or tender age;lengthy presence in the United States;a mental condition that may have contributed to the criminal conduct, or a physical or mental condition requiring care or treatment;status as a victim of crime or victim, witness, or party in legal proceedings;the impact of removal on family in the United States, such as loss of provider or caregiver;whether the noncitizen may be eligible for humanitarian protection or other immigration relief;military or other public service of the noncitizen or their immediate family;time since an offense and evidence of rehabilitation;conviction was vacated or expunged.Under this list, which is \u201cnot exhaustive,\u201d a violent criminal alien could be rewarded if he has evaded deportation long enough or has a mental condition that could lead him to commit future violent crimes against U.S. citizens.Although Mayorkas admits this new process is \u201ccomplicated and requires investigative work,\u201d it is worth it to avoid unduly inconveniencing illegal immigrants. \u201cThe gravity of an apprehension and removal on a noncitizen\u2019s life \u2026 warrants the dedication of investigative and evaluative effort,\u201d Mayorkas wrote.By changing deportation from a simple matter of law enforcement to a subjective call based on an ill-defined algebra equation, the Biden administration gummed up the gears of border security.After the memo\u2019s release, The Washington Times\u2019 Stephen Dinan charged\u00a0the Biden administration with lying about how Mayorkas produced the DHS memo: While DHS claimed to meet with a wide variety of stakeholders, including victims and law enforcement on the border, Mayorkas seemingly limited consultation to mostly left-wing, anti-borders organizations.\u00a0For instance, the administration claimed to have discussed the upcoming guidelines with the National Sheriffs\u2019 Association, but executive director Jonathan Thompson said, \u201cWe had no outreach, we had no discussions, no give and take, no input into the enforcement priorities.\u201d Numerous other groups made similar claims. Those who were \u201cconsulted\u201d said the administration never looked at their input. Clint McDonald, executive director of the Southwestern Border Sheriff\u2019s Coalition, said he personally gave Mayorkas a list of recommended border enforcement actions, which he says Mayorkas admitted he never read.Despite these open borders policies, the Biden administration remains dedicated to increasing illegal immigration at all costs. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the current version of President Biden\u2019s signature legislation, the \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d social spending bill, would grant amnesty to an estimated 6.5 million illegal immigrants, at an estimated cost of nearly half-a-trillion dollars ($483 billion) over 20 years.Previous illegal immigration records in 1986 and 2001 were preceded by offers of amnesty. Allowing the number of illegal immigrants to overwhelm Border Patrol agents \u2014 while bureaucratically tying law enforcement\u2019s hands and depriving them of the resources, authority, and respect they need to do their job \u2014 will only further reduce deportations.Joe Biden has effectively ended deportations. Don\u2019t call it incompetence; call it a perfectly executed blueprint to pay off his party\u2019s core constituencies and \u201c\u00a0create a governing coalition for the long-term.\u201dThe views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":1891970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1125335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1125335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1891970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1125335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1125335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1125335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}