“Forget sanctuary cities—this turns America into a sanctuary country. Prominent Leftists have spent the past months calling to ‘abolish ICE.’ The Biden administration effectively just made their wish come true.”
Lora Ries, Heritage Foundation senior research fellow for homeland security and former acting DHS deputy chief of staff, released the following statement Friday in response to radical new guidance issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on detention and deportation of illegal immigrants:
“President Biden ran the 2020 campaign promising to ‘return to norms.’ His new immigration proposal and his new guidance to ICE show that was a complete lie.
“Many, including Heritage’s first-class immigration team, have already covered the massive amnesty provision at the center of the proposal, but it is also packed with norm-busting changes to long-standing U.S. law. Under the proposal, American taxpayers would be forced to pay for legal representation for illegal immigrants, and the term ‘illegal alien’ would no longer be used in official government documents – erasing the distinction between illegal aliens, temporary visitors, and lawful permanent residents.
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