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'Catch and release': Federal judge rubbishes Joe Biden’s border policy, calls it violative of law
FirstpostNew York: A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday agreed with the state’s Republican attorney general that the policy of President Joe Biden’s administration to release many people who illegally cross the US-Mexican border rather than detaining them violates US immigration law. US District Judge T Kent Wetherell in Pensacola blocked the administration from continuing to implement a 2021 Department of Homeland Security memo that had authorised “alternatives to detention” to ease overcrowding in detention facilities. Republican critics have called the policy “catch and release.” Wetherell, appointed by Republican former President Donald Trump, said federal immigration authorities lack the power to implement those alternatives on a widespread basis under existing law. Federal immigration law allows DHS to “parole” migrants rather than detaining them “on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.” The administration argued that the 2021 memo was an exercise of that discretion because overcrowding in detention centers amounted to a humanitarian crisis.
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