Immigration Arrests Fall Sharply In Biden Admin’s First 6 Weeks.
The number of immigrants getting arrested fell sharply under President Biden new immigration friendly approach. (Washington Post)
“President Biden’s orders to rein in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement led to a sharp drop in arrests by the agency last month, even though a federal judge in Texas has blocked the new administration’s 100-day “pause” on deportations.
The number of immigrants taken into custody by ICE officers fell more than 60 percent in February compared with the last three months of the Trump administration, according to data reviewed by The Washington Post. Deportations fell by nearly the same amount, ICE statistics show.”
Immigrants were clearly targets during the Trump Administration which pandered to its very hard right base that views immigration as existential threat to America’s existence. Nothing could be further from the truth because we are all immigrants and descendants of immigrants except for Native Americans. The acceptance of immigrants is a core American value that has made America great through the extraordinary contributions and accomplishments of immigrants since the founding of the republic. Our future depends on immigrants and the value they add to our lives.
