Herrell told the recently confirmed Alejandro Mayorkas in a letter that border policies he and President Biden have recently adopted represent “a clear and present danger” to residents of her district. The truth is, it is a danger to all of America where we have to subject ourselves to quarantines and contact tracing but illegals do not - and our rights, like that of the second amendment are being complicated while a Guatemalan can enter the country and be allowed to roam free without even getting their name.
“According to numerous media reports, the Department of Homeland Security is releasing thousands of aliens into the United States without COVID-19 tests where Title 42 has been abrogated for what appear to be political reasons,” Herrell told Mayorkas in her letter.
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Title 42 is a regulation issued under former President Trump in 2020 that directed DHS agents to return immigrants to their country of origin from U.S. borders who are suspected of being health risks, either because they tried to evade screening measures or were subject back home to quarantining.
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Herrell cited a statement by Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, saying that U.S. Border Patrol agents no longer test illegal aliens.
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Herrell told reporters that she is especially concerned about the resumption of “catch-and-release” because “we are seeing now where criminal aliens are starting to come into America. We know from previous information that, once they come into the country, there is no guarantee that they will show up for their court hearing.”
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“In fact, in some cases when they have a tracking device, an ankle monitor, they just cut those off, then they’ve gone into the nation and there is no way to locate them.”
Herrell said the renewal of catch-and-release in the absence of effective health screening is especially damaging to residents in her district because New Mexico “has just been ravaged by COVID.”
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“We’ve been in lockdown for over nine months, our schools are not open, we have an incredible high rate now of teen suicide, we’ve had an incredible number of people with coronavirus and other illnesses sadly being alone in hospitals or in senior living facilities, we’ve had many people who were not able to do basic medical preventative procedures because of COVID, and we’ve had over 300 companies shut their doors for good,”
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“This says nothing of places where NGOs are unable to provide such testing. This creates a clear and present danger to our border communities and national security,” she said.
Herrell also questioned Mayorkas about a recent meeting in which federal officials admitted they are releasing immigrants into the United States without screening for national security alerts.
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“The State Department admitted on the call with staff that they did not conduct any type of background checks on aliens in MPP. While DHS indicated they run a suite of background checks in their databases within the United States, they also stated they do minimal checks outside the country and shared they do not have access to many nations’ criminal background check systems.”
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