The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), a nonprofit organization based in DC, has sued the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency over its immigration policies.
Filed Thursday, the lawsuit demands the agency explain “why it chose to freeze, rather than expand, a highly successful program that allows for enhanced cooperation between state and local law enforcement and federal agencies.” 'immigration', according to an IRLI press release.
Known as the 287(g) Program, ICE has readily admitted that the program “enhances the safety and security of our nation's communities by allowing ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) to partner with state and local law enforcement agencies to identify and remove incarcerated non-citizen criminals eligible for removal from the US prior to release into the community.”
NEW: @IRLILaw Emails Sue ICE to Freeze Expansion of 287(g) Program.https://t.co/WJf5qUMtZj
— Immigration Reform Law Institute (@IRLILaw) January 12, 2024
However, in January 2021, the month President Joe Biden took office, ICE quietly put a “hold” on the program. The “hold” was not publicly disclosed until August 2023.
“This hold does not appear to have been authorized by a law enacted by Congress, nor has ICE ever taken any official action under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) to create or impose the hold,” IRLI notes in its press release .
“Furthermore, the agency did not even publicly acknowledge the withholding's existence until August 2023, more than two and a half years after its apparent initiation,” the press release continues.
In September of last year, IRLI tried to find out why by submitting a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to ICE related to the 287(g) program.
But despite a federal law that says agencies must respond to a FOIA request within two months, four months went by without ICE saying anything, prompting IRLI to file a lawsuit.
“Increased cooperation between ICE and local law enforcement is critical and makes our communities safer, so of course this administration wants to limit that effort,” said Executive Director and IRLI General Counsel, Dale L. Wilcox, in a statement.
“There is no benefit to this country or its legal residents in keeping criminal aliens in the country, but it appears to be a priority of this White House. The American people own these emails, but they don't He allows them to see them because it could embarrass this administration and expose their extremist agenda,” he added.
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The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to learn why the agency stopped the 287(g) program, which… pic.twitter.com/mzKb0ZE4Kh
— The Dibster (@richarddibX) January 13, 2024
IRLI's director of researchers, Matt O'Brien, was equally critical.
“It is ironic that the Biden Administration insists it is 'the most transparent in history' when, in fact, it has repeatedly tried to change immigration laws without authorization from Congress and then tried to hide evidence of its doings in the American public.” ” he said.
“The IRLI looks forward to bringing the details of the '287(g) hold' to the light, even if it has to fight to do so,” he added.
The lawsuit comes amid an unprecedented border crisis that has seen millions of illegal foreign migrants arrive in the United States and then funneled into American cities by the Biden administration.
To be fair, some border state governors and mayors have also sent migrants to the cities, but only to serve as a “wake-up call” to non-border communities.
Things are so bad that last week New York City officials kicked public high school students out of school to make room for illegal alien migrants:
BREAKING: The buses are now stopping at @JMHSBklyn and leaving illegal. School is closed tomorrow because the illegals will be sleeping in the school gym. This is embarrassing! New York is prioritizing illegals over Americans. pic.twitter.com/2jmKXfRTHX https://t.co/ViZiWlqTX5
— Libs from TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 9, 2024
Meanwhile, the Biden administration is actively trying to prevent border state governors like Texas Governor Greg Abbott from impeding the flow of illegals into the United States.
“The Biden administration filed a lawsuit against Texas on Wednesday over its controversial immigration law that gives local law enforcement in Texas the authority to arrest migrants, arguing that the state “can't make it work their own immigration system.” CNN reported last Wednesday.
“The move comes after the Justice Department last week threatened to sue Texas if it did not withdraw the measure. It marks the second legal action against the state this week, as President Joe Biden and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, discuss handling the US-Mexico border.”
This week, #OperationLoneStar exceeded 100,000 migrants transported to sanctuary cities.
Texas will continue to hold the line against the border crisis.
Read this week's update below.https://t.co/d1QVcGTEYH
— Governor Greg Abbott (@GovAbbott) January 12, 2024
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