During his time in office, President Joe Biden has reportedly permitted between 6 million and 10 million undocumented individuals to enter the country, while also providing “quiet amnesty” to almost 1 million people.
This information came to light following a disclosure from the Justice Department, which stated that Biden’s team improperly “closed,” “dismissed,” or “administratively closed” numerous immigration court cases across the nation.
The mechanism behind this action was the Department of Justice’s Office of Immigration Review, which is responsible for managing deportation cases.
Under the leadership of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, the Biden administration allegedly used this office to navigate removal hearings and delay pending cases under the guise of “prosecutorial discretion.”
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has been monitoring these actions, and a report released in October 2024 highlighted that during Biden’s term, over 700,000 undocumented individuals had their cases dismissed, allowing them to remain in the country indefinitely with little immigration scrutiny.
This report, published just days before the 2024 presidential election, garnered minimal attention despite the onset of early voting.
Out of Sight
Recent statistics from EOIR confirm that Biden has allowed nearly 1 million undocumented immigrants to stay “indefinitely” without facing immigration processes.
Interestingly, there was no press release accompanying these figures; they were simply revealed in new graphs buried in official EOIR data.
The terms “dismissal” and “termination” of cases translate to immigration officials having identified those eligible for deportation, but DHS lawyers opted to retract those cases instead of pursuing them to resolution.
While marketed as a “document management tool” to pause removal proceedings, new EOIR data reveals that the average case remains closed for over 17 years. Cases that are “paused” before reaching the EOIR’s Immigration Appeals Board take an astounding average of more than 29 years.
This means that some cases have been closed for decades—long before many readers were born.
The Biden administration was likely aware that attempting to legitimize such a large number of undocumented immigrants would have significant political ramifications.
Thus, Biden’s DHS and DOJ seemingly manipulated immigration courts to enable “quiet pardons” for nearly 1 million individuals subject to removal.
It’s important to note that while these individuals can technically still be deported, this would require ICE to locate each person, initiate legal proceedings, and essentially start from square one.
The previous administration relied on border authority Tom Homan to handle the immigration dilemma, but the full extent of the situation is now becoming clearer—and it’s not a positive outlook.
