Nearly 600,000 Migrants Who Crossed the Border Since March 2021 Were Released in the U.S. With No Immigration Court Dates; Report: Over 800K Border Crossers Freed into U.S. Without Court Dates Since Biden Took Office

Nearly 600,000 migrants who crossed the border since March 2021 were released in the U.S. with no immigration court dates:

Nearly 600,000 migrants who crossed the U.S. border since March 2021 have been released into the U.S. without being charged or given a date to appear in court, according to data obtained by NBC News, and thousands have even been dropped from the program that was supposed to track them.

The practice, born of necessity as border-crossing numbers soared past previous records, was a break from the protocol of prior administrations, which required migrants to be given charging documents with a court date by Customs and Border Protection shortly after they were apprehended.

The lack of charging documents has left migrants across the country in legal limbo without a court date to determine whether they can legally stay in the U.S., their lawyers said. Many live in the shadows, unable to work and unaware that they are passing their one-year eligibility deadline to apply for asylum.

Immigration lawyers say many clients walk into their offices confused and wondering what the next step should be in the quest for legal residence.

“A lot of the people who are here, they really urgently want to seek asylum. They want their case heard as soon as possible. They don’t want to be in limbo,” said Karlyn Kurichety, legal director of Al Otro Lado, a migrant advocacy organization.

Much of the criticism of Biden’s border policies from both Republicans and Democrats has been focused on migrants as they cross the southern border, but less attention has been paid to how the administration is handling migrants after they cross, a window of time in which the court system is supposed to determine whether or not they can remain legally.

In late March 2021, as the numbers of undocumented migrants arriving at the southern border began to surge, CBP began releasing migrants with what is known as a “Notice to Report,” telling them to report to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, rather than a “Notice to Appear,” which instructs migrants when to appear in court to determine whether they will be deported or given protections to remain legally in the U.S.

But that process proved problematic, as reports emerged that many migrants were not showing up at ICE offices to receive court dates. —>READ MORE HERE

Report: Over 800K Border Crossers Freed into U.S. Without Court Dates Since Biden Took Office:

More than 800,000 border crossers and illegal aliens have been released into the United States without a Notice to Appear (NTA) in immigration court by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since President Joe Biden took office.

The figure, first published by CBS News, details the extent to which the agency released hundreds of thousands of border crossers and illegal aliens into the U.S. interior without court dates. Instead, border crossers were given a Notice to Report (NTR) to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office or Parole Plus Alternatives to Detention (ATD).

Exclusive: Nearly 600,000 migrants who crossed the border since Mary 2021 have still not been given a notice to appear in immigration court, leaving many past their deadline to apply for asylum https://t.co/jTY0vlbbQG

— Julia E. Ainsley (@JuliaEAinsley) February 3, 2023  

Specifically, almost 600,000 border crossers and illegal aliens were given NTRs by Biden’s DHS — ensuring their release into the U.S. interior without any follow-up to appear before an immigration judge. The other roughly 200,000 border crossers and illegal aliens were initially released on Parole Plus ATD with only an NTR but were subsequently given court dates. 

Months ago, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody revealed in court records that in the summer of 2021, alone, Biden’s DHS released more than 150,000 border crossers and illegal aliens into American communities with only an NTR. —>READ MORE HERE

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