{"id":1660441,"date":"2022-09-27T12:24:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T16:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1660441"},"modified":"2022-09-27T12:25:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T16:25:25","slug":"one-in-four-illegal-aliens-released-into-u-s-without-registration-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-in-four-illegal-aliens-released-into-u-s-without-registration-number\/","title":{"rendered":"One in Four Illegal Aliens Released Into U.S. Without Registration Number"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fone-in-four-illegal-aliens-released-into-u-s-without-registration-number%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=1660441&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>Border Patrol agents failed to assign an official \u201calien registration number\u201d to up to one-fourth of illegal immigrants released into the United States between April and September last year, according to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oig.dhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/assets\/2022-09\/OIG-22-71-Sep22.pdf\">report<\/a> issued by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General (IG).<\/p>\n<p>An alien registration number, or A-number, is meant to be provided to every illegal alien being released into the United States, as well as all legal immigrants. It\u2019s a unique number assigned to each individual that allows immigration authorities and law enforcement to track that person\u2019s case and status.<\/p>\n<p>The IG\u2019s office selected 384 illegal aliens for its report, from a total number of 384,938 potentially released into the United States during the six-month period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found that Border Patrol did not issue A-numbers for 107 of 384 migrants, most of whom were paroled into the country or issued Notices to Report,\u201d the Sept. 21 report states.<\/p>\n<p>The IG\u2019s office noted that it was unable to extrapolate the results to the whole population as the missing A-numbers applied to members of a family. The agency didn\u2019t respond to a request asking for more clarification as to why the results couldn\u2019t be extrapolated.<\/p>\n<p>As border regions became overcrowded and overwhelmed last year, Washington leadership instructed Border Patrol agents to release entire families with just the \u201chead of household\u201d given an A-number.<\/p>\n<p>When agents apprehend illegal aliens, they usually take biographical information such as fingerprints and photographs to attach to each person\u2019s file that has its own unique A-number. However, no biographical information is taken for children under the age of 14.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3848177\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3848177\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/06\/07\/Border-0A4A6825-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript> A group of Venezuelans wait to be picked up by Border Patrol after illegally crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into Del Rio, Texas, on June 3, 2021. (Charlotte Cuthbertson\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The IG\u2019s office said it conducted its report \u201cto determine to what extent CBP [Customs and Border Protection] screened migrants to prevent criminals, drug traffickers, and terrorist watch list individuals from entering the United States along the Southwest Border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In total, during fiscal year 2021, Border Patrol apprehended more than 1.6 million illegal aliens at the southern border. This fiscal year it will reach more than 2 million.<\/p>\n<h2>Missing Files<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to the failure to provide A-numbers, Border Patrol destroyed files relating to illegal aliens that the IG report said the agency should have retained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBorder Patrol and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services could not provide 80 of the requested 384 migrant files because they were either lost, disposed of, or in transit,\u201d the report stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBorder Patrol disposed of the files because they did not have A-numbers and were unaware of record retention requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the above issues, the IG\u2019s office found that Border Patrol agents followed the requisite screening procedures to prevent illegal aliens with \u201cserious criminal backgrounds or individuals on the terrorist watch list from entering the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During fiscal year 2021, Border Patrol agents apprehended 15 illegal aliens who were on the terrorist watchlist, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/cbp-enforcement-statistics\">statistics.<\/a> So far in fiscal 2022, agents have apprehended 78 individuals on the watchlist between ports of entry.<\/p>\n<p>Border Patrol agents have apprehended nearly 11,000 convicted criminals at the border and a further 836 with warrants for arrest so far this fiscal year. An additional 697 gang members have been arrested at the border.<\/p>\n<p>The IG report doesn\u2019t mention the number of illegal aliens Border Patrol detects but doesn\u2019t apprehend. That number is estimated to be approximately 800,000 for fiscal year 2022 so far.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4472639\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4472639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nicaraguans-Kinney-cellphones-ccet-image00006-sb-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4472639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nicaraguans-Kinney-cellphones-ccet-image00006-sb-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript> Two Nicaraguan nationals hold up the cell phones they received from Border Patrol before being released into the United States, in Kinney County, Texas, on April 29, 2022. (Charlotte Cuthbertson\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of the 617,600 illegal immigrants Border Patrol released into the United States in fiscal year 2021, the Inspector General\u2019s office determined that more than 353,500 were issued an A-number and an immigration court date to start removal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>An additional 103,900 were released with a notice to report, which was a request to check in with a local Immigration and Customs Enforcement office within 60 days, which would then issue an A-number.<\/p>\n<p>Further, 35,200 were released with an A-number only issued to the head of the household, but with a tracking mechanism such as an ankle bracelet or smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>The remainder, more than 125,000 individuals, were released through \u201cother processing pathways\u201d not specified in the report.<\/p>\n<p>The IG report recommended that all illegal aliens released into the United States be issued an A-number, records be retained, and \u201cprocessing pathways comply with existing law and policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-charlottec\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/15f6652ddfc277df_ttl7dayukw_WEB_CharlotteCuthbertson-1.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Cuthbertson\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>Senior Reporter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bio\">Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-border-security\">border security<\/a> and the opioid crisis.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Border Patrol agents failed to assign an official \u201calien registration number\u201d to up to one-fourth of illegal immigrants released into the United States between April and September last year, according<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1660443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1660441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660441","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1660441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1660443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1660441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1660441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1660441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}