On Monday, Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) of the House Judiciary Committee and Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), who chairs the Immigration Subcommittee, issued a report highlighting the alarming revelation that 99% of illegal aliens in the United States are not under surveillance, and the government has lost contact with them.
It’s official: 99% of the illegals Biden has freed into the US are still here. ICE has been dismantled. CBP has been turned into a free shuttle service for illegals. And the cartels are the ones in charge. https://t.co/kWXW2UHtWG
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) October 9, 2023
The report reveals that between January 20, 2021, and March 31, 2023, there were over 5 million illegal alien encounters. Among these encounters, a minimum of 2,464,424 individuals had no confirmed exit from the United States. During this same timeframe, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released at least 2,148,738 illegal aliens into the United States.
Remarkably, only 5,993 illegal aliens encountered at the Southern border and ordered to appear before an immigration judge were actually deported from the United States during this period. A mere six percent of the illegal aliens released into the United States were even vetted over “fear of persecution” as part of the asylum process.
As of March 2023, DHS had removed only 874 of the illegal aliens who had been found to have a credible fear of persecution and whose claims were examined on their merits and rejected by an immigration judge. An additional 205,473 individuals were admitted into the country through illegal categorical parole programs.
The Department of Homeland Security finally caved to persistent demands by the Committee and its Immigration Subcommittee and provided data on the border crisis, exposing the alarming state of immigration enforcement.
From the press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock (R-CA) released an interim staff report titled, “The Biden Border Crisis: New Data and Testimony Show How the Biden Administration Opened the Southwest Border and Abandoned Interior Immigration Enforcement.” The report presents newly obtained data and information that reveal the Biden Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has failed to remove more than 99 percent of illegal aliens, through immigration court proceedings, released into the country by the Biden Administration between January 20, 2021, and March 31, 2023, alone.
After persistent demands by the Committee and its Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement for basic information about the state of the border crisis, DHS produced data exposing the alarming state of immigration enforcement. These new, nonpublic data show:
Between January 20, 2021, and March 31, 2023, there were over 5 million illegal alien encounters. Of these encounters, at least 2,464,424 had no confirmed departure from the United States.
During the same period, DHS released at least 2,148,738 illegal aliens into the United States.
Only 5,993 illegal aliens encountered at the southwest border and placed in removal proceedings before an immigration judge were actually removed from the United States during this time.
A mere six percent of illegal aliens released into the United States were even screened for fear of persecution for purposes of asylum.
As of March 2023, DHS had removed only 874 of the illegal aliens found to have a credible fear of persecution and whose claims were adjudicated on the merits and denied by an immigration judge.
An additional 205,473 aliens were released into the country through illegal categorical parole programs.
Read the full report here.
The migrant crisis in the United States has prompted a major shift, even among Democrats who were once advocates of open borders. New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who previously supported sanctuary policies, now says the border is “too open” and has called for limiting immigration and bolstering border security. New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently warned that the migrant crisis “will destroy” the City.
New York City is melting down with the arrival of approximately 57,000 illegals, while the United States anticipates accommodating millions annually. Even Joe Biden, who campaigned against building the Trump Wall, has resumed building it. This decision has drawn criticism from his far-left supporters, especially given he recently sold off the remaining steel barricades acquired during the Trump administration for national security.
