The Biden administration hopes to reduce deportations of migrants in fiscal year 2025 despite the continuing crisis, with a record 371,000 people encountered at the border in December.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has set a goal of deporting only 125,000 people next fiscal year, according to one official. budget request.
This number is lower than the 142,000 deportations carried out in fiscal year 2023 (October 1 to September 30) and less than half of the 267,258 people deported. 2019according to federal data.
The number of deportations expected in fiscal year 2025 represents only 6% of a population of more than 2.4 million people. border guard Encountered while attempting to cross the southern border in 2023.
Former ICE chief of staff John Feer told the Post that ICE’s latest request shows the Biden administration is seeking to limit immigration enforcement.
“The Biden administration is blatantly undermining ICE’s law enforcement mission and putting the lives of all Americans at risk,” Feer said.
“Obviously, the administration’s goal is to continue to encourage illegal immigration,” said Fiele, now research director at the Center for Immigration Studies.
number of Encounters with immigrants The number of people attempting to cross the southern border exceeded 2 million in both fiscal years 2022 and 2023, an unprecedented number.
In the first four months of fiscal year 2024, more than 753,000 people were caught trying to cross the border at ports of entry or trying to sneak across the border. However, only 2,727 migrants were deported on flights to Central America during this period. customs and border security (CBP).
The number of deportations has not increased proportionately to the record influx of immigrants.
ICE conducted 185,884 deportations. 202059,011 people in 2021, 72,177 people in 2022, according to to agency data.
The Biden administration had previously directed immigration officials to limit enforcement actions against illegal immigrants.
“The mere fact that an individual is a removable noncitizen should not be the basis for enforcement action against that individual,” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas wrote in a letter to immigration officials. ‘, he said in the letter. September 2021 Memo.
From October to January, more than 514,000 immigrants were released into the United States to apply for parole or asylum. According to federal data.
