by Jazz Shaw
The House Judiciary Committee has been getting an earful lately from
Border Patrol agents who are unhappy with how business is being
conducted on their watch, specifically as it applies to stopping the
flow of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border. This week
brought new revelations from Brandon Judd, president of the National
Border Patrol Council, who reported what we’ve been hearing for some
time now through off the record sources: the Department of Homeland
Security is operating a catch and release program for all but the worst
offenders. Further,
they have “no intention” of even trying to schedule all of the apprehended border jumpers for hearings. (Washington Times)
A top Homeland Security official told Border Patrol
agents the Obama administration has “no intention of deporting” many of
the illegal immigrants caught trying to sneak into the country, ordering
instead that they be released so they don’t clog up the courts, a
leading advocate for agents testified to Congress.
Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, said
the orders are a new “catch and release” policy, which he said “amounts
to amnesty” because it means many illegal immigrants are never asked to
leave the country.
It also suggests the Border Patrol is being ordered to break
President Obama’s own enforcement priorities, which say new illegal
immigrants — defined as those who came after Dec. 31, 2013 — are
priorities for deportation, and are supposed to be arrested and
processed.
Judd’s testimony contains all sorts of insights into what’s going on
between DHS in Washington and the men and women out there on the lines
on the Mexican border. He recalls a conversation with Deputy DHS
Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who told the agents that there was no
point in even bothering issuing a Notice to Appear (NTA) to the illegals
they pick up because they “
will help alleviate the burden on an already overburdened court system,”
by cutting them loose. (There is currently a three to six year wait for
court appearances, during which time the illegals are simply running
loose.)
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