Biden Scraps Repeat Offender Law at the Border
July 07, 2022
Bob Dane
Executive Director
In its latest subversion of immigration law, the Biden administration is putting removed aliens on a fast track to legal status.
Federal law requires ousted illegal immigrants to wait outside the country for up to 10 years before they can apply for entry. But now U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) considers previous removals irrelevant, and is expediting their admission.
Lax enforcement at America’s southern border has invited more migrants to make repeated attempts to re-enter this country. And, sure enough, they keep coming. Recidivism rates — the percentage of individuals apprehended more than one time by Border Patrol – soared in 2020 and 2021 to 26 percent and 27 percent respectively. That compares with just 7 percent in 2019.
Under Section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), one illegal entry would trigger misdemeanor prosecution (up to six months in prison). A second entry is a felony, carrying a sentence of up to two years.
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2022/07/07/biden-scraps-repeat-offender-law-border
