Biden's top immigration officials have long history of left-wing activism, records reveal

President Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is full of officials who worked for organizations promoting left-wing policies and immigration measures, according to records obtained by America First Legal (AFL).

The Biden administration's DHS has been criticized for overseeing record illegal immigration at the southern border. Several high-level DHS officials responsible for handling immigration issues previously worked for organizations that promoted left-wing policies and measures to protect illegal immigrants in the U.S., according to résumés and ethics pledges obtained by AFL.

“Americans can be sure of one thing: What the Biden administration has done to our borders and our immigration system is no accident,” said Gene Hamilton, executive director and general counsel of the AFL, at the Daily Caller News Foundation. “The Biden administration intentionally set out policies and plans to undermine the enforcement of our immigration laws… People say 'staffing is politics,' and nowhere is that clearer than staffing of the Administration's DHS”.

An example of a DHS official with a history of leftist advocacy is Felicia Escobar Carrillothe none of US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) personnel. Before joining DHS in 2021, Carrillo served as director of immigration at the Beacon Fund, an investment fund organization, where she worked to develop “a multifaceted immigration strategy focused on building support for immigration reform and support for the integration of immigrants and refugees,” according to a copy of it summary obtained by AFL.

Carrillo also worked as a consultant in 2017 for the LA Justice Fund, a company that provides legal counsel to illegal immigrants during deportation proceedings, according to her resume and that of the organization. web site. In 2001, Carrillo worked as a policy analyst for the National Council of La Raza, later renamed UnidosUS, which was founded in 1968.

The group has advocated against voter ID, workplace enforcement and national security laws that the organization says would harm the country's immigrants. seconds at the Capital Research Center. The organization has been an advocate of immigration amnesty and has tried to stifle those who oppose it, once running a “We Can Stop the Hate” campaign in 2008 that called critics of the amnesty ” hate groups, nativists and vigilantes.”

Carrillo is also a member of the nonprofit Leadership Council for Women in National Security. The organization impulses the federal government to make “strategic plans” based in part on “commitments to diversity and inclusion.”

Eva million became DHS Assistant Secretary for Partnership and Engagement in 2021. Millona previously served from 2008 to 2021 as president and CEO of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA), an organization that has supported projects of immigration law in the Massachusetts state legislature, including the Safe. communities Act, according to your resume obtained by AFL. The Secure Communities Act would prevent state and local law enforcement from coordinating with the federal government to deport illegal immigrants. MIRA also supported a bill called Tuition Equity Actthat would allow illegal immigrants to attend public universities on the taxpayer dime. (RELATED: 'This is a joke': Biden's demand for more border agent funding isn't the point, former CBP commissioner says)

Millona was the co-chair and board chair of the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) from 2010 to 2021, an organization that has advocated for a “Pathway to Citizenship for All Undocumented Immigrants,” according to her LinkedIn . Profile and the organization web site.

Another example is one Stovewho began as a senior advisor to the director of USCIS in 2022. Mostofi worked as an attorney for the Chicago chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in 2007, according to her resume.

FAIR describe as “the largest Muslim civil liberties organization in the United States,” but has been criticized for promoting anti-Semitic and anti-Israel rhetoric; CAIR President and Founder Nihad Awad said in November 2023 that he was “happy to see” Hamas attack Israel on October 7 and kill nearly 1,200 people.

The Biden administration previously aligned itself with CAIR to combat anti-Semitism, however distanced of the organization following Awad's comment.

Royce Murray she began her role as adviser to the DHS secretary in 2021. Murray has previously worked at a number of organizations promoting immigration reform policies, including American Immigration. advice from 2016 to at least 2019 and the National Immigrant Justice Centre from 2013 to 2016, according to a copy of his resume obtained of AFL, which provide legal services to immigrants seeking asylum in the US or facing deportation.

During her tenure as a human rights and immigration law consultant, Murray also worked for the National Immigration Forum, an organization that promotes “earned legalization for those among the eleven million who pose no threat to the public.” , according to his curriculum vitae and the of the organization web site

Thanks Moussavià is the current chief of the USCIS Office of Policy and Strategy, having begun the position in 2023. During his tenure, he has worked to implement policies that allow Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNVs) get parole status and coming to the United States under the Biden administration's CHNV program; More than 400,000 immigrants from these nations have been moved to the United States since Biden took office in 2021.

Prior to DHS, Moussavian worked in various capacities at the National Immigration Law Center from at least 2013 to 2020, where he led “advocacy campaigns” to defend Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA ) and immigrants protected by temporary status, and legally challenged the Trump administration. -policies of the time such as the Muslim travel ban, according to a copy of his resume obtained by AFL.

Moussavian was co-author of a report in 2020 discussing legal services for illegal immigrants and advocating “to abolish immigration detention and ensure universal representation at the local, state and national levels.”

Moussavià published a tweet in 2018 with the hashtag “abolishICE” (referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement) declaring that the agency was “misleading the public and making our workplaces less safe.” In another 2019 tweet, Moussavian called for “defunding” ICE and Customs and Border Protection.

Since Biden took office, illegal immigration has he shot himself since 2021. There were approximately 1.6 million migrant encounters at the southern border in fiscal year 2021, compared to more than 2 million in fiscal year 2023 and more than one million in the first six months of in fiscal year 2024, seconds to the Customs and Border Protection data.

DHS and USCIS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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