Deportations of illegal immigrants have dropped to new lows under President Joe Biden, newly released data show. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), tasked with removing illegal aliens, removed over 20,000 each month in 2019 except for January. Deportations in the first five months of 2019 totaled 186,089. Deportations in the first five months of 2020 were down to 93,247, in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Deportations in the first five months of this year plummeted to 18,713, according to the ICE records, which were obtained by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). Removals are on track to reach record lows, the data show. Biden and top officials in his administration, including Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, have put into place a series of measures to curtail immigration enforcement. That includes Mayorkas ordering ICE agents to review an illegal immigrant’s record before making any arrests and only arrest those deemed …
Deportations Drop to New Lows Under Biden
December 7, 2021
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