Biden Administration’s Catch and Release Operation Has Inflamed the Raging Crisis at the Southern Border. Rep. Biggs ANNIHILATES Biden Administration’s Disastrous Border Policies.

On 2/15/2024, The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing titled, “The Consequences of Catch and Release at the Border.” Members discussed with subject matter experts how the Biden Administration’s policy of catch and release and erosion of interior enforcement have led to an out-of-control situation along the U.S. southern border. Members also discussed the costs incurred by communities and American taxpayers due to millions of poorly vetted illegal aliens entering the United States.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) explained how illegal immigrants incentivized by the policies of the Biden Administration are not just coming from Mexico and western hemisphere countries, but all corners of the globe. Rep. Biggs: “The last time I was down in Lukeville (Arizona), it wasn’t just western hemisphere folks. I went up and talked to some of them and said ‘where are you from?’. ‘Senegal.’ ‘How about you?’ ‘Burkina Faso.’ ‘How about you?’ ‘Guinea.’ ‘Where are you going?’ They pull out a laminated cards with phone numbers and addresses and say ‘I’m going to the Bronx.’… that is a crisis and chaos.”

The Biden Administration has failed to detain most illegal aliens during removal proceedings, releasing over 75 percent of illegal aliens encountered by Border Patrol in December 2023. In addition, the Administration has failed to remove most of the illegal aliens encountered during Joe Biden’s presidency.

Ms. Jessica Vaughan—Director of Policy Studies at the Center for Immigration Studies—spoke on the costs associated with allowing in millions of illegal aliens within the United States that is being inflicted upon American taxpayers. The backlog of fear-based claims and adjudication delays for non-detained aliens have incentivized hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens to file frivolous or legally insufficient claims to obtain work authorization and to buy time in the U.S. This is causing a massive influx of illegal aliens in communities across the U.S.

Mr. Matt O’Brien—Director of Investigations at the Immigration Reform Law Institute—discussed how illegal aliens and the cartels facilitating them are gaming the Biden Administration’s poor policies at the border and overwhelming U.S. immigration law.

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Compare border Trump 8600 last year vs Biden 10K for 10 days, Authority to close, not just western hemisphere