Released Illegals Not Showing Up

As readers know, this has been a banner year for illegal migrants. While some have been returned to Mexico through the soon-to-be-abandoned Title 42 protocols and others detained, at least 79,000 migrants in March, April, and May were simply caught and released.

Traditionally, those released would be given a court date at which to appear for asylum adjudication. The numbers have been so extreme this year, however, that many were simply asked to check in with CBP within 60 days. Reports vary on how many were released without a court date, but the estimates reach as high as 19,000, of which the number that have actually checked in (3,446) would be only 18 percent. The rest are effectively lost to the system and are loose in America.

Yet, as former acting ICE director Mark Morgan has said, it doesn’t much matter whether they are given notices or not. Even those with court dates ultimately fail to appear anyway.

Technically, failure to appear makes an illegal migrant a fugitive, who, if encountered by ICE, could theoretically be quickly deported. Theory is a long way from reality in this case, however, and no one expects any aggressive action on the part of the current administration.

In something of an understatement, Jon Feere, former ICE chief of staff and now director of investigations for the Center for Immigration Studies, said, “Allowing thousands of illegal aliens to run free in the United States is obviously not a valid response.”

For more, see the Washington Times.

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