The Biden administration has effectively operated a "mass amnesty" program for migrants seeking asylum, according to an exclusive report by the New York Post.
Since 2022, the federal government has closed over 350,000 asylum cases for migrants without criminal records or for those not deemed threats to national security. This closure of cases means these migrants' asylum claims are "terminated without a decision on the merits." Doing so effectively removes them from the legal system by neither granting nor denying their claims.
As a result, these migrants are not required to meet with authorities and can remain in the US without fear of deportation.
Andrew Arthur, a former immigration judge now with the Center for Immigration Studies, criticized the program, explaining to the New York Post, “This is just a massive amnesty under the guise of prosecutorial discretion.”
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