Monday, March 20, 2023

Biden's DHS: Deception Without A Hint Of Shame

 DHS highlighted another benefit of the MPP:. MPP returnees who do not qualify for relief or protection are being quickly removed from the United States.

Of course, the Biden administration did not do these things because it is implacably opposed to the MPP. Did I mention that the Biden administration is implacably opposed to the MPP? Funny, DHS and DOJ neglected to mention this fact during their "consideration" of the MPP in their proposed regulation.

During the latter half of 2020, the Biden transition team met with career staff from DHS [who "]fully briefed the[m] on the importance of MPP and the consequences that would follow a suspension ... [including] a resurgence of illegal aliens attempting to illegally enter our ... [and] smuggling organizations ... exploit[ing] the rescission and convinc[ing] migrants the U.S. borders are open.

Within weeks after taking office, President Biden issued an Executive Order directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to review and assess whether to terminate or modify MPP. After a thorough review, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas concluded that MPP should be terminated, and on June 1, 2021, issued a memorandum to that effect.

The New Yorker reported that the Mexican government itself warned the incoming Biden administration of the consequences of terminating the MPP:. "It's not necessarily the case that the Mexican government opposes [the MPP]," a senior official who served in the Biden Administration said.

The Department has made a number of changes to the previous implementation to address these concerns, and the GOM made its independent decision to accept the return of individuals enrolled in MPP. Not unexpectedly, many of these changes substantially weakened the MPP. Among them was a new requirement that "all individuals encountered will be affirmatively asked questions by DHS personnel about their potential fear of return to Mexico.

Or if an enrollee was found to have a particular vulnerability that made them ineligible for MPP, the individual was disenrolled from MPP. Enrollees identified as having particular vulnerabilities - including those associated with ... sexual orientation or gender identity - are not enrolled in MPP. ... Those initially enrolled in MPP who are subsequently identified as having a particular vulnerability will be disenrolled from MPP. According to DHS data, DHS disenrolled an astonishing 40 percent of those aliens it had initially enrolled in the MPP from December 6, 2021, to August 8, 2022,.

https://cis.org/Fishman/Bidens-DHS-Deception-Without-Hint-Shame

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