Ex-ICE Official Says New Biden Policy “Smoke and Mirrors” Due to Countless Exemptions

An ex-acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement smashed the Biden administration’s proposed new asylum policy to contain. “so many exceptions to the rule that the exception is going to swallow the rule,” Fox News Digital reported.

An earlier this week, the Biden administration issued a joint communiqué from the Department of Homeland Security (Biden) and the Department of Justice (Department of Justice). Notice of Proposed Rulemaking “designed to address the current and anticipated surge in migration.”

Thomas Homan, the former acting director at ICE, stated to the news outlet the proposed rule. “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways,” It appears similar to the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” Policy; however, unlike Trump’s rule in the past, the Biden administration’s policies include several exceptions.

Trump’s Administration “Remain in Mexico” Order allowed individuals to apply for asylum. However, migrants had to wait in Mexico until they were granted their immigration court date.

Biden’s proposal policy would make it impossible for migrants to apply for asylum in the United States if they pass through other countries on their way to the United States. However, they could still claim asylum if that happens. To prepare for the expected influx of migrants, the administration proposed the policy.

The rule was torched by Democrats “shockingly inhumane.” The Biden administration supported the policy, claiming it was temporary.

Fox News Digital spoke to Homan that he believes that asylum seekers should be required first to seek refuge in other countries before they can travel to the United States.

“I do think when someone claims asylum, and let’s say that they claim asylum from Honduras, because they have a fear of persecution from their home government — that’s what asylum is,” Homan stated.

“So they get to Mexico,” He went on. “Have they not escaped that fear of persecution from their own government? Of course. They should claim asylum in the first free country they come to. I believe in that.”

Homan accused Biden of being a sham. “smoke and mirrors again.”

“They’re going to establish rules, but there are so many exceptions to the rule that the exception is going to swallow the rule,” Homan claimed.

The White House fact sheet on the policy said, “Noncitizens could rebut this presumption of asylum ineligibility in exceptionally compelling circumstances, including if they demonstrate that, at the time of their unauthorized entry, they or a member of their family with whom they were traveling” Trafficking victim or someone who is in urgent medical need or facing another emergency? “extreme and imminent threat to their life or safety.”

The proposed order would also make exceptions to accommodate unaccompanied children.

Homan claimed that it would be impossible to prove some exceptions by border officials.

“They just got to come to the border saying, well, I fear for my life. And how do we disprove that they fear for their life? So there’s going to be so many exceptions to this rule, it is not going to matter,” Homan explained.

An ex-ICE official stated that he expects the Biden administration to change its policy. “unlawful” By design and will not succeed in court.

“And here’s your game when they lose in court. They can say, well, we were solving the border crisis numbers going down. Republican states came in and sued us. Now the numbers are going back up. This is the game they’re playing,” Homan said.

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