With the legality of his “parole with conditions” policy in limbo, Alejandro Mayorkas tipped his hand. There are three options on the table depending on what the appeals judge has to say. Their first choice is for agents to release all the new citizens on “parole with a 60-day check-in condition.” A Democrat leaning judge might just approve that. They kicked around releasing all the new citizens “with a notice to report.” That option would guarantee problems in court because it “has a less-stringent check-in requirement.” The most likely solution, which the Biden Administration claims to be shying away from, is “not catch the migrants in the first place.” Just throw the gates wide open and let them all stroll on through. Isn’t that illegal? Conservatives object. Who cares? DHS officials scoff back.
Mayorkas has a contingency plan
When Alejandro Mayorkas learned that he’s not allowed to create immigration law out of thin air on his own authority, he came up with a backup plan. He’ll simply ignore the laws completely and probably get away with it. His latest scheme has the backing of Joe Biden’s handlers.
The sudden chaos is all the judge’s fault, Joe Biden declares, for sabotaging their illegal attempt to create millions of new Democrat voters ahead of the big publicity stunt in November, 2024.
Washington Times is reporting that “Homeland Security paroled roughly 2,500 migrants into the U.S. from the southern border on Friday, according to a department source.” That’s noteworthy because it would mean Mayorkas broke the latest order of a federal judge in Florida.
Karine Jean-Pierre just called the decision of a federal judge to stop its "parole" of migrants as "sabotage …pure and simple." Judge T. Kent Wetherell Administration yesterday … https://t.co/FK3P8ZbstI
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 12, 2023
DHS separately announced that they deported 2,500. That would be totally legal under the order but would annoy the Times’ readers. On this one, it looks like the Times is guilty of “disinformation.”
On Thursday, vocally conservative Judge T. Kent Wetherell “issued a temporary restraining order against the Border Patrol’s use of parole to catch and release the wave of migrants cresting along the U.S.-Mexico boundary.” It went into effect Friday and was instantly appealed.
Mayorkas went back to the judge and asked for an “emergency” stay of the order. The judge laughed in his face and lectured him on creating his own “Chicken Little” crisis.
An unexpected twist
Everyone, especially the media, is stunned by an “unexpected twist.” After clearing 10,000 new citizens in on the last day of Title 42, the flow dropped to 6,000 Friday and then down to 4,200 on Saturday. One reason for that are the rumors swirling around that coming in for processing right now will bring nearly certain deportation, so wait until it gets figured out.
Another reason is because Mayorkas is flying new citizens right over the border, directly into America’s heartland. That’s what the CBP-One app was designed for.
The drop in numbers gives Mayorkas and Biden some breathing room to wait for the appeals judge to issue a verdict on their stay of execution.
Federal judge makes clear who is to blame for border crisis, halts Biden's migrant 'parole' program – TheBlaze https://t.co/TG8ofo3XYr
— Michelle Maxwell (@MichelleMaxwell) May 13, 2023
They’ve already come to the conclusion that there is no way they can tell the 200,000 new citizens waiting on the southern edge of the razor wire that they need to turn around and go back where they came from. That’s what the judge is telling them they should do.
While they may have some time to make a decision, that decision has already been made. According to what Border Patrol Deputy Chief Matthew Hudak argued in Friday’s filing, “agents could either release migrants on parole with a 60-day check-in condition; release migrants with a notice to report, which he said has a less-stringent check-in requirement; or not catch the migrants in the first place.” Without parole, he warns “that latter option would become a real – and worrying – reality.” Worrying because they could all end up in prison over it. There’s another reason to be worried though.
“Included within any such group that USBP is unable to apprehend could be those linked with terrorist organizations, those with criminal records, human smugglers, those actively trafficking other members of the same group (which could include children), and vulnerable children not accompanied by their parents, as well as those entering seeking protections like asylum.” If Mayorkas has to let them in, it’s all because Judge Wetherell made him do it, DHS insists.
