The Biden Administration Is Now Allowing Prosecutors To Dismiss Certain Deportation Cases
The memo is the latest effort on the part of the Biden administration’s push to reshape the role of immigration enforcement in the US.
Hamed Aleaziz
BuzzFeed News Reporter
Updated 9 minutes ago
Posted 2 hours ago
The Biden administration issued a memo to ICE prosecutors on Monday authorizing them to consider dismissing certain cases involving immigrants who did not cross the border recently and are not public safety threats , according to a document obtained by BuzzFeed News.
The memo is the latest effort on the part of the Biden administration’s push to reshape the role of immigraton enforcement in the US by focusing on what they consider more serious targets.
Unlike the Trump administration, which treated every undocumented immigrant as a priority for arrest and removal, President Joe Biden wants to target immigrants who are deemed “public safety” threats. Conservative critics have said officers have been hamstrung and effectively told not to do their jobs.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/biden-administration-prosecutors-deportation-cases
