ICE Forecasting Triple the Number of Illegals at the Border When Title 42 is Repealed
If Joe Biden continues his stubborn refusal to delay or scrap lifting pandemic restrictions at the border, there is a strong likelihood that the resulting surge in illegals trying to gain entry to the United States will overwhelm the limited resources of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
ICE admitted that the numbers of illegals who will show up at the border that have been publicly acknowledged by the Biden administration are massively undercounted.
The information was revealed as a result of a case on family detention, where ICE’s Juvenile Coordinator painted a grim picture of what the months ahead look like for the agency.
“ICE is preparing to utilize its limited resources to respond to an historic border surge, with projections forecasted to triple current arrivals,” the April 8 filing in the Flores v Garland case says.
The agency said that it is currently seeing border enrollments (which are separate from migrant encounters by Customs and Border Protection) ranging from between 1,000-2,000 arrivals a day. As a result, it says it will need resources for up to 3,000 people a day being released into the U.S. under the non-detained docket and via monitoring under the Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program.
“Given these forecasts and the recently announced decision to end Title 42 next month, ICE must shift its focus and prepare to manage its resources for a population of up to 600,000 by the end of the fiscal year,” the official said. The Washington Times first reported on the filing.- READ MORE
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