{"id":446939,"date":"2021-04-23T18:50:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T22:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=446939"},"modified":"2021-04-23T18:51:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T22:51:04","slug":"biden-admin-cancels-fines-for-illegal-aliens-who-fail-to-leave-u-s-doesnt-serve-our-best-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-cancels-fines-for-illegal-aliens-who-fail-to-leave-u-s-doesnt-serve-our-best-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Cancels Fines For Illegal Aliens Who Fail To Leave U.S.: Doesn\u2019t Serve Our \u2018Best Interest\u2019"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fbiden-admin-cancels-fines-for-illegal-aliens-who-fail-to-leave-u-s-doesnt-serve-our-best-interest%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=446939&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3531.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced on Friday that he directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to cancel fining illegal aliens who fail to leave the United States, claiming that fining people who are illegally in the U.S. runs \u201ccounter to the agency\u2019s best interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no indication that these penalties promoted compliance with noncitizens\u2019 departure obligations,\u201d Mayorkas said. \u201cWe can enforce our immigration laws without resorting to ineffective and unnecessary punitive measures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas, who has presided over an immigration crisis exploding on the southern border under the new administration, claimed that the fines were not effective and did not \u201cmeaningfully advanced the interests of the agency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DHS said in a statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p><em>The two delegation orders\u2014ICE Delegation No. 01-2018, Delegation of Authority to Administer and Enforce Provisions Relating to Civil Penalties for Failure to Depart, and ICE Delegation No. 006-2020,\u00a0Delegation of Authority to Administer Certain Provisions Relating to Civil Penalties for Failure to Depart\u2014delegated to certain ICE officials the authority to administer and enforce certain civil penalties for noncitizens who fail to depart.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cICE intends to work with the Department of Treasury to cancel the existing debts of those who had been fined,\u201d the statement added. \u201cAlthough ICE has had the authority to assess financial penalties to individuals for failing to depart for more than 20 years, the agency did not initiate enforcement of these penalties until 2018. As of January 20, 2021, ICE ceased issuing these fines. This formalizes the Biden Administration\u2019s change in direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf responded to the news by writing: \u201cJust when you think the Biden administration\u2019s immigration policies and agenda can\u2019t get worse \u2026 it does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow does [sic] withdrawing a consequence (i.e. fine) and holding individuals accountable when they overstay their visa and fail to depart in the best interests of DHS?\u201d Wolf added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3762376237624\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How does withdrawing a consequence (i.e. fine) and holding individuals accountable when they overstay their visa and fail to depart in the best interests of DHS?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chad Wolf (@ChadFWolf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadFWolf\/status\/1385706407945670656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro N. 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