Are Illegal Migrants Being Issued Work Authorization?
An investigation is in order, because the most disadvantaged Americans are the ones who will be harmed
By Andrew R. Arthur on June 24, 2022
Anecdotally, I have been told that the Biden administration denies that it is granting employment authorization to illegal migrants that it apprehends at the Southwest border. A recent article, however, suggests that at least some of those migrants are being issued work documents at the time that they are being released from CBP custody. That’s not how any of this is supposed to work, and it merits a serious investigation by Congress, the Inspector General, and/or the media.
Border Releases. As I explained recently, since the day after Joe Biden was inaugurated, more than 1 million migrants encountered by CBP at the Southwest border have been released into the United States. Most are aliens apprehended by Border Patrol after entering the United States illegally, but some are aliens who were deemed inadmissible at the land border ports of entry.
Under section 235(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), DHS is required to detain all of those aliens, from the point at which they are encountered to the time that they are removed or granted status in the United States.
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