A Federal Judge in Ohio has blocked changes made to deportation policy by the Biden-Harris regime last year that have drastically hampered U.S. immigration authorities from removing illegal immigrants from the country.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Michael J. Newman issued an initial injunction reversing the separation limits that Biden had instructed Immigrations and also Customs Enforcement (ICE) representatives to narrow their focus to only those migrants posing “public safety” or “national security threats” or that illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico boundary after Nov. 1, 2020.
The policies, implemented in September by Biden’s activist, turned Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, were quickly recognized as a surrender to open-borders supporters because they excused most of the nation’s at least 11 million illegal aliens from arrest and deportation.
Within a matter of months, ICE arrests and also deportations cratered 80%, going down to the most pathetically low levels seen in decades. In spite of the regime’s blatant lie that the changes would permit ICE agents to prioritize the removal of dangerous criminals, reporting found that the number of illegal aliens deported that had major criminal sentences had also plunged.
A yearly report released by ICE in March showed the trend continued throughout 2021. Deportations totaled 59,011, down from 185,884 in 2020. In addition, ICE officers made 36,619 administrative apprehensions contrasted to 123,128 the year before the COVID-19 pandemic.
In his ruling on Tuesday, Newman, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, sided with Republican officials in Arizona, Montana, as well as Ohio who sued to turn around the administration’s changes in 2015, the Washington Post wrote.
After evaluating the case, he made the conclusion that the states would likely succeed in their case on the premise that Biden’s top priority system for deportations and also apprehensions failed to exercise “congressional intent, violated federal policymaking rules, and placed an unfair burden on state budgets,” according to the Post.
“The States sue because they believe DHS skirted Congress’s immigration enforcement mandates when it issued a policy that prioritizes certain high-risk noncitizens for apprehension and removal,” Newman explained.
“At bottom, that is what this dispute is about: can the Executive displace clear congressional command in the name of resource allocation and enforcement goals?” he continued, adding, “Here, the answer is no.”
In a statement on Twitter, Republican Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich celebrated the judgment.
“VICTORY: A federal judge just blocked the lawless Biden administration policy that halted nearly all deportations after our office challenged this guidance,” he wrote. “Our office has been at the forefront of the fights for the rule of law this past year. Arizona deserves nothing less.”
VICTORY: A federal judge just blocked the lawless Biden Administration policy that halted nearly all deportations after our office challenged this guidance.
Our office has been at the forefront of the fights for the rule of law this past year. Arizona deserves nothing less. pic.twitter.com/IvsyE0xqFp
— Mark Brnovich (@GeneralBrnovich) March 22, 2022
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost added, “It’s amazing that we had to go to court to get an order for DHS to do its job, but that’s what it’s come to with this lawless administration.”
Dale Wilcox, director of the Immigration Reform Law Institute, noted that “there is a good reason the law says that aliens who turn out to be criminals should be removed,” according to Breitbart News.
Neither the Justice Department neither ICE reacted to the Washington Post’s requests for comment.
Newman’s preliminary injunction is applicable nationwide, in a serious blow to the designs of the Biden-Harris regime.
H/T The Blaze
