Monday, August 8, 2022

Biden Administration Confirms Plan to Give IDs to Illegal Immigrants; Biden’s DHS Defends Plan to Give IDs to Illegal Aliens Before Release into U.S.

Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Biden Administration Confirms Plan to Give IDs to Illegal Immigrants:
President Joe Biden’s administration has confirmed a plan that would give identification cards to illegal immigrants.
The pilot program from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is aimed at modernizing “documentation provided to some noncitizens,” an ICE spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email on July 29.
“Currently, noncitizens receive paper documents from the federal government about their immigration status. Paper documents pose a security risk, are easily lost, and degrade rapidly in real-world use, creating inefficiencies for the government and noncitizens. Moving to a secure card will save the agency millions, free up resources, and ensure information is quickly accessible to DHS officials while reducing the agency’s FOIA backlog,” the spokesperson said.
“For provisionally released noncitizens, the digital modernization will provide ongoing access to important immigration documents through the secure card and connected portal.”
DHS is the Department of Homeland Security, ICE’s parent agency. FOIA refers to the Freedom of Information Act.
The program is being described as a concept, with specifics still being decided.
Illegal immigrants who cross the border are supposed to be deported or detained until they appear in court, but that’s increasingly not the case. --->READ MORE HERE
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Biden’s DHS Defends Plan to Give IDs to Illegal Aliens Before Release into U.S.:
President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is defending a plan that would have the agency provide government identification cards to border crossers and illegal aliens before their release into the United States.
As Breitbart News reported last month, the Biden administration is considering issuing the IDs to illegal aliens once they arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border. The goal is to make securing public benefits easier once they are released into American communities.
In a statement to the Epoch Times, officials with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) defended the initiative as a cost savings for the agency. Annually, illegal immigration costs American taxpayers more than $143 billion.
An ICE spokesman told the Epoch Times:
The pilot program from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is aimed at modernizing “documentation provided to some noncitizens,” an ICE spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email on July 29. [Emphasis added] --->READ MORE HERE
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