By Federale
10/26/2023
See also: Antifa Doxers Like Molly Conger Are STALKERS. And That’s ILLEGAL
From the Oval Office to the Department of Homeland Security, and down to DHS subsidiary U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Biden Regime is lying about the way it’s dealing with record numbers of illegal aliens encountered at the border. They are not being deported, as is claimed, as VDARE.com readers well know. Nor do they face “consequences,” as CBP keeps insisting. Indeed, the Regime is releasing or importing them as quickly as possible to hasten The Great Replacement. But the point (newly critical in this age of politicized lawfare): Lying about this sort of thing IS A CRIME.
Apart from DHS chief Alejandro Mayorkas, the unindicted visa fraudster, many if not most of the border lies we hear come from CBP, which has long had serious integrity problems among its employees, involving lying on arrest reports and even openly to the American public. (Not that CBP hasn’t suffered a sucker punch or two from the communist Mainstream Media that smeared its agents.)
Consider this X post, a verbatim repeat of one in May:
According to U.S. immigration laws, the fact is that most noncitizens coming to our border are not eligible to remain in the United States. Asylum laws do not provide for relief solely for economic reasons or for general violence.
— CBP (@CBP) May 22, 2023
The linked article delivers two lies designed to support the preposterous claim that the Regime is enforcing immigration law:
When the CDC’s Title 42 public health Order lifted at 11:59 p.m. ET on May 11, the United States returned to fully enforcing Title 8 immigration authorities to expeditiously process and remove individuals who arrive at the U.S. border unlawfully and do not have a legal basis to stay.
These decades-old authorities carry steep consequences for unlawful entry or irregular entry, including at least a five-year bar on admission and potential criminal prosecution for repeat violators. Individuals who cross into the United States at the Southwest Border without authorization or having used a lawful pathway, and without having scheduled a time to arrive at a port of entry, would be presumed ineligible for asylum under a new proposed regulation, absent an applicable exception.
Enforcement of immigration laws under Title 8 is expected to reduce the number of repeat border crossings over time, which increased significantly under the Title 42 public health Order, since it did not allow for legal consequences.
Migration And Borders: Expanding Lawful Pathways and Enhanced Enforcement, CBP.gov, October 20, 2023
The first lie: CBP increased enforcement of Title 8, the federal law governing immigration offenses, when Title 42 public-health expulsions ended.
We know that was a lie because southwest border encounters for fiscal 2023, which ended September 30, reached an all-time high of almost 2.5 million. They exceeded fiscal 2022 by almost 100,000. And September’s 269,735, four months after the Title 42 order was lifted on May 11, was a record itself.
And these don’t count more than 1 million got-aways, the result of border agents being pulled from enforcement to process illegals who surrender voluntarily. If CBP had significantly bolstered enforcement with deportations, encounters would have decreased.
The second lie: repeat offenders increased because of Title 42 public-health expulsions. Truth was, Title 42 and expedited removal applied during the Trump Administration discouraged repeat offenders as they quickly lost hope, ran out of money to live in Mexico, and returned from whence they came, or just became Mexico’s problem.
The point is, increased enforcement, which the Regime has bragged about since Inauguration Day, should be reflected not only in decreased border encounters but also in increased removals.
Let’s look at the numbers since January 2021. Less than 1 percent of illegals placed in removal proceedings or paroled were deported, the House Judiciary Committee reported in early October:
The Biden Border Crisis: New Data and Testimony Show How The Biden Administration Opened The Southwest Border And Abandoned Interior Enforcement, Judiciary.House.gov, October 9, 2023 [Emphasis added throughout]
So, what do we do with the responsible parties? Impeachment and criminal prosecution for Traitor Joe Biden, Veep Kamala Harris, and Mayorkas are, of course, the obvious answers.
But lower-level CBP officials are lying, too and should face the consequences for their monkeyshines with the calculator.
Federal law forbids creating false records [18 USC Section 1519, Destruction, Alteration, Or Falsification Of Records In Federal Investigations And Bankruptcy, Law.Cornell.Edu]. Any DHS or CBP official who made a false statement to the public about immigration policy or enforcement practice relative to manipulated numbers at the border can and should be prosecuted.
The first arrest could be Mayorkas. He has repeatedly said the “border is secure,” that it’s “closed,” that illegals would face “consequences” for jumping the border after the end of Title 42 expulsions.
On May 10, the day before the Title 42 order ended:
Let me be clear: The lifting of the Title 42 public health Order does not mean our border is open.
In fact, it is the contrary. Our use of our immigration enforcement authorities under Title 8 of the United States Code means tougher consequences for people who cross the border illegally.
Secretary Mayorkas Remarks at a Media Availability Outlining Planning and Operations Ahead of the Lifting of the Title 42 Public Health Order, DHS.gov, May 10, 2023
On May 11, at the White House:
I want to be very clear: Our borders are not open. People who cross our border unlawfully and without a legal basis to remain will be promptly processed and removed.
An individual who is removed under Title 8 is subject to at least a five-year ban on reentry into the United States and can face criminal prosecution if they attempt to cross again. …
To those who do not use our available lawful pathways, we will deliver tougher consequences using our immigration law authorities.
Secretary Mayorkas Remarks at a White House Press Briefing Ahead of the Lifting of the Title 42 Public Health Order, DHS.gov, May 11, 2023
Both those statements were categorically false, and he knew they would be proven false by record Southwest border encounters after Title 42 ended — which he and his Border Patrol had elsewhere predicted.
No wonder the Regime came up with plans like parole in order to artificially — and artfully — lower the number of illegal entries, not to mention, again, mass releases. Mayorkas might be a lot of things, but he’s no dummy.
We might also arrest the CBP official who controls the agency’s X account, or better yet, the Border Patrol’s Gloria Chavez, chief agent for the Rio Grande Valley sector, for repeating the lie about those same “consequences.”
There are consequences to entering the US without authorization under Title 8, including removal from the United States. ➡️ https://t.co/fygLnc0br5
📍 Eagle Pass, TX: Migrants, mostly from Venezuela, are being removed after crossing into the U.S. unlawfully. pic.twitter.com/5drOhSrCcd
— CBP (@CBP) September 6, 2023
ALERT: Individuals who have been removed under Title 8 are also subject to additional long-term consequences beyond removal from the United States, including bars to future immigration benefits. pic.twitter.com/T5ycttJyxf
— CBP (@CBP) May 27, 2023
Under Title 8, consequences for irregular migration include deportation, a 5-year ban on re-entry, and losing eligibility for parole processes.
Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/U271tKb0cO pic.twitter.com/x0Lgkd7aNM
— CBP (@CBP) June 4, 2023
Consecuencias bajo el Título 8 por cruzar la frontera:
— CBP (@CBP) May 22, 2023
▪️ Prohibición de 5 años de reingreso si es deportado
▪️ Una deportación acelerada
▪️ Encausamiento por evadir su detención, la reincidencia y participación en contrabando pic.twitter.com/Z7LL21m1SE
The record number of southwest border encounters, the mass release of those illegals, and the regime’s paroling and importing illegals all mean one thing: There are no consequences!
Lying about public policy, of course, is not a crime. Politicians and political appointees lie like Pinocchio routinely.
But the falsification of records and lies told using those records is a crime that can and should be prosecuted.
If Ricky Vaughn can go to prison for exercising his rights under the First Amendment, then regime officials who lie to the American people should go to prison as well.
It is a Brave New World.
It’s time to start using hard power on our enemies the way they are using it against us!
The blogger Federale is a 4th generation Californian and a veteran of federal law enforcement, including service in the legacy Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Department of Homeland Security, and other federal law enforcement agencies.
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