Some would-be deportees’s home countries won’t take them or limit cooperation with ICE. Others have received reprieves or deferrals from immigration judges.
Donald Trump has pledged to quickly subdue migrant crossings at the southern border by restoring the policies of his first term, including “Remain in Mexico.”
The restrictions are the latest indication of how much the Biden-Harris administration has pivoted toward a more punitive approach at the southern border.
Republicans and the Trump campaign are distorting Homeland Security statistics on undocumented immigrants with criminal records, even though the data being cited span 40 years.
Illegal crossings along the southern border by migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela have declined sharply since the parole program was launched.
Biden officials say up to 500,000 couples would benefit from the “parole in place” offer, which was announced in June for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens.
Border agents tallied 56,408 illegal crossings in July, a 32 percent decline from June and the fifth straight month that the figure has fallen, data shows.
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle will testify before the House Oversight Committee amid calls for her resignation after the Trump rally shooting.
Illegal crossings along U.S.-Mexico border have declined more than 50 percent in the weeks since President Biden used emergency measures to curb asylum access.