ICE Deportations Have Dipped to a Jaw-Dropping All-Time Low Thanks to Biden's Policies
Source: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Deportations carried out by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) dipped below 3,000 during the month of April amid a continued surge in illegal foot traffic at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to data obtained by the Washington Post.
According to the Post, ICE deported 2,962 immigrants in April, the first time the monthly figure dipped below 3,000 since such records were kept. The April total is a 20 percent decline from March when ICE deported 3,716.
"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has concentrated its limited law enforcement resources on threats to national security, border security, and public safety," ICE said in a statement to the Post. "This has allowed ICE to focus on the quality of enforcement actions and how they further the security and safety of our communities rather than the simple quantity of arrests and removals."
The slow-rolling of deportations was started when President Joe Biden ordered a deportation moratorium for 100 days, but a federal judge blocked the order in February. Still, the effects of the order have been ongoing.
The reduced number of deportations being carried out are compounded by the lower number of arrests ICE is making, a fact Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich raised last week. Like deportations, arrests—called "book-ins"—have decreased significantly since Biden has been in office. The reduction in number of arrests was found out during the discovery portion of his office's lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security.
"What the Biden administration is calling 'interim guidance' is really an attempt to undermine and abolish ICE through administrative acts. What the documents we've seen thus far reveal is that there have been nearly 8,000 dangerous individuals...released into our communities," Brnovich told Townhall.
"Make no mistake about this, this is a shocking disregard for the public safety of every American. It is having a devastating [financial] impact on our country and what the Biden administration is doing, on so many levels, is unconscionable," Brnovich said.
As shown in ICE's statement to the Post, the agency claims its "limited law enforcement resources" as the reason for the decrease in deportations and interior arrests, but Brnovich said of the documents given to them so far, no evidence was discovered to corroborate such claims.
Texas Game Wardens Rescue 10 Migrants During Rio Grande Border Crossing
Texas game wardens, DPS troopers, and Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up in the rescue of 10 migrants who became distressed while illegally crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico. Game wardens responded after hearing people screaming for help in the river.
“Our agents and partners continue to save the lives of those in need,” Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Austin Skero tweeted. “With assistance from Texas Game Wardens, we recently responded and rescued 10 migrants that were heard screaming for help from an island in the river.”
The video shows Texas Parks and Wildlife wardens in their river patrol boat approaching the U.S. bank of the Rio Grande with a group of migrant adults and children. The game wardens heard the ten migrants screaming for help and pulled them into their boat.
Once they arrived at the Texas riverbank, Border Patrol agents and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers assisted in offloading the migrants and getting them ready for processing.
With our rise in illegal crossings, we are also seeing a notable increase in environmental impact along the Rio Grande. pic.twitter.com/Je5KFKnC86
— Chief Patrol Agent Austin Skero (@USBPChiefDRT) April 29, 2021
Water rescues in the Del Rio Sector have been on the rise in recent months, Chief Skero previously discussed. Just last week, Skero announced the deployment of a new water rescue vessel — a jet ski type watercraft with a towable flotation device, Breitbart Texas reported. This first-of-its-kind Border Patrol rescue vessel will enable Del Rio Sector agents to traverse shallow water to get to migrants in distress more quickly.
Meet our newest force multiplier, the Shallow Water Rescue Craft! This vessel can be quickly deployed in any water depth, improving our agents’ abilities to conduct rescues or aid agents working from land. Greater versatility saves both lives and time. pic.twitter.com/DgCYCGUk3H
— Chief Patrol Agent Austin Skero (@USBPChiefDRT) April 28, 2021
“This vessel can be quickly deployed in any water depth, improving our agents’ abilities to conduct rescues or aid agents working from land,” Skero tweeted. “Greater versatility saves both lives and time.”
Earlier this month, these agents rescued a two-year-old child and the child’s parents after agents found them struggling in the Rio Grande. Following this rescue, agents found 20 more migrants trapped on an island in the border river.
About a week earlier, a nine-year-old girl drowned during a border crossing attempt. Agents were unable to revive the girl but managed to revive the child’s mother and a sibling.
Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Face
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