EXCLUSIVE: Fox News has learned from a senior Customs and Border Protection source (CBP) that a plan is being considered for border patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley sector (HPC) to release illegal border crossings claiming asylum without ‘ issue a notice. (NTA) – meaning they will retire without a court date.
Such a decision would be unprecedented if issued, and would place the responsibility of seeking an asylum hearing on the migrants through immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) or legal aid.
The source says the reasoning for the decision is that the situation “became so dire that BP [Border Patrol] has no choice but to release people almost immediately after the fear, because there is no room to hold people to do the necessary NTA paperwork. ‘
The process of issuing an NTA to each migrant can take hours per individual or family. It does not apply to unaccompanied minors.
The Texas-based RGV is insignificant due to the increase in border crossings and is over 700% overcapacity.
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When migrants are released into the OHS, the border patrol usually coordinates it with Sister Norma Pimentel and her Catholic Humanitarian Recreation Center. Pimentel tells Fox News that she is aware and ‘coordinates her response’.
The controversial move that is reportedly on the table comes as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is opening another facility for unaccompanied child migrants in Pecos, Texas, the Refugee Relocation Office (ORR) has ) Saturday announced.
The temporary inpatient care facility would house at least 500 minor minors to start, with the capacity to house 2,000 children.
“While ORR has worked to build its licensed bed capacity to nearly 13,500 beds, additional capacity is urgently needed to manage both improved COVID-19 mitigation strategies and the increasing number of DHC referrals from DHS,” an ORR spokesman said. said.
Alejandro Mayorkas, head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said last week that border crossings are on track in 20 years.
CBP announced that they encountered more than 100,000 migrants at the border in February, while the number of child migrants in detention also increased dramatically. The Biden government has moved to increase the capacity of facilities for migrants, and to build a number of additional facilities – including the exploration of NASA sites and military bases.
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“We are on track to encounter more individuals on the southwestern border than we have done in the last twenty years,” Mayorkas said, although he later added that the situation was “not new” and noted that the US had previously had a border attack.
On Friday, The Washington Post reported that the Biden government is considering flying migrants to Canadian border countries for processing.
CBP on Friday requested ICE aircraft support after 1,000 migrant families and unaccompanied minors crossed the Rio Grande into South Texas on Friday morning, Homeland Security officials told The Washington Post. Border agents apparently had another 1,000 migrants who could not process them on Thursday night.
The backing at CBP is exacerbated by the nearly 4,500 unaccompanied children detained in detention centers and tent sites on the border, far beyond the three-day legal limit.
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During the 2019 record-breaking borderline under President Trump, ICE migrants flew to other land sectors with the ability to sustain them.
Fox News reached out to several DHS officials before publishing this story.