New Mayorkas memo effectively opens the border

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October 1, 2021
New Mayorkas memo effectively opens the border
By Monica Showalter

How does one deal with a border surge now that last week's Haitian migrant surge in Del Rio, Texas has triggered a chain reaction of 60,000 new illegal migrants beginning the trek from South America to the U.S. border?

For Homeland Security secretary Alex Mayorkas, it's open the border.  Here's his memo, released yesterday:

    WASHINGTON — Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced new Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law to better focus the Department's resources on the apprehension and removal of noncitizens who are a threat to our national security, public safety, and border security and advance the interests of justice by ensuring a case-by-case assessment of whether an individual poses a threat.  In the last six months, Secretary Mayorkas held multiple engagements with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) workforce and leadership across the country, as well as with a range of stakeholders including law enforcement, civic, and community leaders to inform the new guidance.   

    "For the first time, our guidelines will, in the pursuit of public safety, require an assessment of the individual and take into account the totality of the facts and circumstances," said Secretary Mayorkas.  "In exercising this discretion, we are guided by the  knowledge that there are individuals in our country who have been here for generations and contributed to our country's well-being, including those who have been on the frontline in the battle against COVID, lead congregations of faith, and teach our children. As we strive to provide them with a path to status, we will not work in conflict by spending resources seeking to remove those who do not pose a threat and, in fact, make our Nation stronger." 

    Enforcement priorities for apprehension and removal remain focused on noncitizens who are a threat to our national security, public safety, and border security.  But the guidelines are a break from a categorical approach to enforcement.  They require an assessment of the individual and the totality of the facts and circumstances to ensure resources are focused most effectively on those who pose a threat. 

This sounds like some kind of reaction to events.  Mayorkas says he's now expecting 400,000 illegal border-crossers in October, a doubling of what was seen last month:

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas reportedly asked his officials whether the department was ready to handle the possibility of up to 400,000 migrants, nearly double the 21-year high seen in July, crossing the border in October.

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DHS fears up to 400,000 migrants - or DOUBLE the 21-year record set in July - could cross the border in October when COVID restrictions Trump used to stop the surge from Mexico end, report claims

    The Department of Homeland Security is worried that rolling back the Trump-era Title 42 policy would encourage more migrants to come to the border and send numbers surging in October
    Alejandro Mayorkas expressed the concern in a phone call with senior Homeland Security officials
    Title 42 is set to expire today after a lawsuit from immigration groups, but the White House appealed
    DHS announced Wednesday it will again try to end the Trump-era 'Remain in Mexico' policy
    Statement comes after a Texas federal court ruled in August the administration memorandum ending the Migrant Protection Protocols was unlawful
    'A new memorandum terminating MPP will not take effect until the current injunction is lifted by court order,' the DHS press release reads
    The new order, it states, will address concerns raised by the court regarding the previous memorandum

By Elizabeth Elkind, Politics Reporter and Katelyn Caralle, U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com

Published: 16:22 EDT, 30 September 2021 | Updated: 17:37 EDT, 30 September 2021

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