Judge Blocks Biden Regime From Limiting Arrests Of Illegal Immigrants

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Judge Blocks Biden Administration From Limiting Arrests of Illegal Immigrants

August 19, 2021



 

President Joe Biden's administration cannot, for now, curtail arrests of illegal immigrants, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, delivering another setback to the White House's immigration agenda.

 

U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton, a Trump nominee, granted a preliminary injunction sought by the states of Texas and Louisiana against two memorandums issued by Biden administration officials earlier this year that sought to "prioritize" certain categories of illegal immigrants. The case involves an immigration law provision that stipulates that illegal immigrants who had committed crimes shall be taken into federal custody after they're released, but the Biden administration's memos attempted to direct Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) resources to detain illegal aliens based on the nature of the crime. Texas and Louisiana argued that Biden's memo would prevent ICE agents from arresting and deporting other illegal aliens who had a criminal history. Not included in the two memos were categories where illegal aliens who were convicted of serious drug offenses or crimes of moral turpitude. The two states have seen rising costs related to detention facilities and an increase in crimes traceable to the memos... The Court also concludes the public interest is served, rather than undermined, by an injunction,"...

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Additionally, the judge said the agency appeared to be neglecting federal law that outlines immigration enforcement. The preliminary injunction is in effect pending a final resolution of the case or until a further order from the court or an appeals court. After the White House-directed memos were issued, ICE arrested far fewer illegal immigrants each month than during the same months in 2020. Harris County, Texas, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the president's nominee to lead ICE, told senators last month during a nominating hearing that he viewed the drop in arrests as "concerning." Gonzalez further said he believed illegal immigrants ordered removed from the United States should be deported. Earlier in the year, the judge blocked Biden's proposed 100-day moratorium on most ICE deportations, saying the directive violated immigration law. Another federal judge last week ordered the Biden administration to reinstate President Donald Trump's "remain in Mexico" policy that requires asylum-seekers to stay in Mexico for the remainder of their immigration court proceedings.

Judge Blocks Biden Administration From Limiting Arrests of Illegal Immigrants