DHS Watchdog Underscores Risks of Biden-Harris ‘Catch and Release’ Schemes
‘Under current processes, CBP and ICE cannot ensure they are keeping high-risk noncitizens without identification from entering the country’
By Andrew R. Arthur on October 9, 2024
On September 30, the DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) — the department’s internal watchdog — issued another report with a lengthy and anodyne title: “CBP, ICE, and TSA Did Not Fully Assess Risks Associated with Releasing Noncitizens without Identification into the United States and Allowing Them to Travel on Domestic Flights”. Its 37 pages underscore the risks of the Biden-Harris administration’s migrant “catch and release” schemes, but all you need to read is one line:
Under current processes, CBP and ICE cannot ensure they are keeping high-risk noncitizens without identification from entering the country.
The Legal Immigration Process. When foreign nationals seek to come to the United States legally, they must go through a two-step vetting process.
First (assuming they aren’t from a “visa-waiver” country), they must apply for a visa with the U.S. State Department and submit to an interview with a consular officer.
During that process, applicants must establish their identities, prove that they do not have any diseases or crimes that would render them inadmissible to the United States, and show that they do not pose a national-security risk.
If applicants fail to satisfy any of those requirements, they don’t get a visa and can’t come here legally.
https://cis.org/Arthur/DHS-Watchdog-Underscores-Risks-BidenHarris-Catch-and-Release-Schemes
