DHS: 100% of Illegal Aliens with Children Are Being Released int the US and Given Work Permits!



Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kevin McAleenan confirmed before Congress that his agency is allowing 100% of migrant adults who are traveling with children across the US-Mexico border to be released into the interior of the US, including those who are not even asking for asylum. He also disclosed that within four to six weeks, the adults are given work permits allowing them to take American jobs while they await their court hearings, oftentimes two years down the road.

Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kevin
McAleenan confirmed to Congress this week that his agency is merely
acting as a checkpoint for adults crossing the United States-Mexico
border with children, as “100 percent” are being released into the
interior of the country.

During a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security Committee,
McAleenan said DHS is releasing “100 percent” of adult border crossers
into the interior of the country who arrive with children at the
southern border, including those who are not even asking for asylum.

Then, within four to six weeks, McAleenan said the adult border
crossers who have been released into the U.S. are given work permits
allowing them to take American jobs while they await their court
hearings, oftentimes two years down the road.

McAleenan confirmed the mass catch and release effort in an exchange with Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH):

PORTMAN: So, what percent of those
families who come up to the border and, again, approach your officer,
ask for asylum, are being released into the community within days?

MCALEENAN: 100 percent.

PORTMAN: 100 percent?

MCALEENAN: Yeah, and they’re not necessarily asking
for asylum. They–they don’t–they don’t have to. They can go into an
immigration proceeding and not have to present that case for potentially
years.

PORTMAN: And when they go into the community, you
say can take a while. It’s over two years in Ohio, you should know,
before we can have a court hearing. So, it’s over a two-year period.
What’s the average around the country, do you know?

MCALEENAN: The average is around two years, and in some jurisdictions even longer.

PORTMAN: And during that time period, can those individuals work?

MCALEENAN: Yes, by and large, although we’re–we’re
looking at–at tightening the–the rules so that there is not an
opportunity to take advantage of the system.

PORTMAN: So, they have a work permit. My
understanding is they don’t get the work permit immediately but after a
certain period of time. Is it six weeks?

MCALEENAN: It’s in … the 30 to 90 days range, that’s correct.

PORTMAN: And those individuals then … are going to
work. So, if you are a trafficker, what you’re telling people is, one,
if you come to the border … and seek asylum, or even if you’re coming to
the border … and seeking an immigration hearing, you’ll be released
into the community for a couple of years at least before your hearing,
and you’ll have the ability to work. And with the wage differential of,
you know, being able to make 10 times as much or sometimes as much as 20
times as much in the United States…

Breitbart News has chronicled for months
DHS’s mass release of border crossers and illegal aliens into the
interior of the country. Since December 2018, about 185,500 border
crossers and illegal aliens have been released into the U.S. with only
the promise that they will return for their court hearings years later.

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