(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Responding logically to MAGA Border Delusions [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-02-01 Most of the migrants have been arrested and expelled due to Covid, being on the terror watchlist, having a criminal record or [being] single adults (about 65% of those encountered) - which has been a record expelled of over 4.5 Million since 2020. [Under Biden, only family units and single children are allowed to enter and then begin their deportation proceedings, unless they apply for Asylum.] The backlog for those pending deportation proceedings has gone up to 3 million. According to recent government data, there are now 3 million pending cases in immigration courts around the United States. The backlog has tripled since 2019, growing by more than one million cases in the last year alone. According to recent government data, there are now 3 million pending cases in immigration courts around the United States. The backlog has tripled since 2019, growing by more than one million cases in the last year alone. According to recent government data, there are now 3 million pending cases in immigration courts around the United States. The backlog has tripled since 2019, growing by more than one million cases in the last year alone. [This is actually further proof that the 8 Million that have been encountered at the border were not allowed into the country. They weren’t.] Usually, the head of household on these pending cases is given an ankle monitor. (NewsNation) — The Biden administration is monitoring migrant families as part of a process to eventually deport them, but only those from certain countries. More than 93,000 people entered the U.S. as part of a family unit through the southern border last month. That’s up from 52,000 in July, and the Biden administration is trying to further reduce those numbers by using ankle monitors and quick deportation. A source familiar with the program, however, said most families don’t qualify and when they do, they typically receive a notice to appear in court when all is said and done. There are more than 600 family units in the Family Expedited Removal Management (FERM) program, Families from certain countries including the Northern Triangle — Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — as well as Peru, Ecuador and Colombia are eligible for FERM, since they can be removed quickly. About 83-96% of them appear for their hearings. [Depending on whether they have a lawyer or not.] WASHINGTON—A new report released today by the American Immigration Council examines 11 years of government data on the rate at which immigrants appear for hearings in U.S. immigration court. The report, “Measuring In Absentia Removal in Immigration Court,” concludes that an overwhelming 83% of immigrants attend their immigration court hearings, and those who fail to appear in court often did not receive notice or faced hardship in getting to court. A new report released today by the American Immigration Council examines 11 years of government data on the rate at which immigrants appear for hearings in U.S. immigration court. The report, “,” concludes that an overwhelming 83% of immigrants attend their immigration court hearings, and those who fail to appear in court often did not receive notice or faced hardship in getting to court. [...] The main findings of the report include: 83% of nondetained immigrants with completed or pending removal cases attended all of their hearings. 96% of nondetained immigrants represented by a lawyer attended all of their hearings. 15% of those who were ordered deported because they did not appear in court successfully reopened their cases and had their removal orders rescinded. In some years, as many as 20% of all orders of removal for missing court were later overturned. Individuals who apply for relief from removal have especially high rates of appearance. Appearance rates vary strongly based on the immigration court’s location. The Executive Office for Immigration Review’s method for measuring the rate at which immigrants fail to appear in court presents a limited picture of the frequency of missed court appearances. [People mostly show up for these hearings because they want to stay on the right side of the law rather than having to go underground.] Asylum seekers are down below 20,000 per year. [That is the number of approvals for 2021 as shown in the chart above.] Between 1990 and 2021, the US admitted 767,950 asylum seekers into the country. In 2021 alone, the US admitted 17,692 asylees, a 42.9% drop from the year before, and the lowest year since 1994. The US has historically approved more affirmative asylee applicants (481,612 total acceptances since 1990) than defensive asylee applicants (286,338 accepted since 1990). However, the proportion of defensive asylum seekers has increased in recent years. Defensive asylum was granted to 26.4% of all asylees in the 1990s compared to 39.0% in the 2010s. [Over 300,000 Asylum requests were received in 2021 with a backlog of over 1.1 Million.] The United States anticipates receiving more than 300,000 new asylum claimants and refugees in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021. Pursuant to Section 207(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), the President proposes resettling up to 15,000 refugees under the FY 2021 refugee admissions ceiling, and anticipates receiving new asylum claims that include more than 290,000 individuals. This proposed refugee admissions ceiling reflects the continuing backlog of over 1.1 million asylum-seekers who are awaiting adjudication of their claims inside the United States, and it accounts for the arrival of refugees whose resettlement in the United States was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden is asking for more money for personnel and equipment to detect and better capture those crossing the border. He's also asking for more immigration judges to bring down the deportation [and asylum] backlog, and making asylum rules even more restrictive. [I'm not a fan of that last one but I suspect that would create another lawsuit and get shut down by another judge. For example DHS rules require that someone can only request asylum at “port of entry” but that isn’t what it says in the actual law]. [People can legally apply for asylum up to a year after they’ve entered the U.S., regardless of how they entered the country.] The argument that he can "shut down" the entire border probably isn't even possible if we don't have an arrangement with Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala to take migrants back immediately. x x YouTube Video Two sources familiar with the negotiations said the bill under consideration would force DHS to shut down the border if the daily average for migrant encounters reaches 5,000 over a seven-day period or if the number of crossings in a single day hits 8,500. During a shutdown, 1,400 undocumented migrants per day would be allowed to cross legally through ports of entry, but the restrictions would not lift until the number of migrant encounters decreased below 75% of the number that triggered the closure and then stayed below 75% for at least a week. DHS would then have two weeks to slowly reopen the border. That level of restriction could keep the border closed for months, the sources said. Currently, Border Patrol agents apprehend and process migrants who cross the southern border, releasing roughly 85% of them into the U.S. with dates to appear before an immigration judge to determine whether they receive asylum or are to be deported back to their home countries. Mexico has agreed to take back 30,000 Venezuelan, Nicaraguan, Haitian and Cuban migrants per month, but many times that number are crossing into the U.S. from those countries. Two former and two current DHS officials say that in order to shut down the border and block asylum-seekers, the U.S. would need the cooperation of Mexico to take back far more migrants. Right now Mexico has agreed to take back up to 30,000 migrants -- but about 250,000 are showing up at the border each month. If we don't put them in jail -- and we don't have room for them all, plus crossing the border and trespassing is only a misdemeanor... The first offense is a misdemeanor according to the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which prohibits non-nationals from entering or attempting to enter the United States at any time or place which has not been designated by an immigration officer... ..so they could only be held for a month or two on those charges anyway -- so since they can't go back, where do we put them? 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