A new analysis shows that the Biden administration’s 100-day moratorium on deportations would suspend 85 percent of illegal immigrants, including all types of criminals.
After Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton went to court to challenge the immigration order, federal Judge Drew Tipton on Tuesday (26) temporarily blocked the executive order, saying the Biden Administration did not “provide any specific, rational justification for the 100-day suspension of deportations. But the Center for Immigration Studies (CIRS), which has been working on the issue for more than a decade, said the Biden administration did not “provide any specific, reasonable justification for the 100-day suspension.
But an analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies found that if the order is ultimately approved by the courts, it would prevent immigration officials from deporting about 85 percent of illegal immigrants. Those who would be exempt from deportation would include sex offenders, domestic abusers and fraud offenders.
Jessica Vaughan, who conducted the analysis, told The Epoch Times, “The memo is essentially an attempt to eliminate immigration enforcement.”
The memo directs immigration enforcement agencies to focus on people who have recently entered the United States illegally, those suspected of terrorism or espionage, or those convicted of Aggravated Felony.
Vaughn said fewer than 15 percent of criminal aliens will actually be targeted for deportation because of the existence of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
According to Vaughn, the immigration order, signed by Acting Homeland Security Secretary David Pekoske, will “result in significantly fewer deportations than under former Presidents Trump and Obama.
“I was surprised at how far he (Biden) decided to go, because he kept talking as if he wanted to pursue a moderate course, a significantly different policy, but claimed he didn’t want to take a radical approach, but this is really a reckless and extreme order.” She added.
The Biden administration did not respond to a request for comment.
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