Mark Morgan has played a key role in U.S. immigration enforcement for 30 years.
He served in the FBI, was chief of the U.S. Border Patrol for former President Barack Obama, and ran U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, then Customs and Border Protection for former President Donald Trump.
Watching what’s happening on the border and in key cities under President Joe Biden, the 30-year law enforcement veteran said he’s never seen it worse.
Now, with the Heritage Foundation, along with several other key Trump administration immigration officials, Morgan fears that Biden is handcuffing his former agencies and essentially granting amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants.
Reacting to new reports that Biden’s open-border team has cut deportations to an all-time low for April, he said, “I was in federal law enforcement for more than 30 years, and never until the Biden administration have I seen such a bold effort to tie the hands of law enforcement from upholding the rule of law.”
Biden has limited who can be deported to a tiny group, including suspected terrorists, very bad criminals, and the handful of illegal immigrants who crossed into the United States after Election Day. That essentially leaves 13 million off the hook.
“The new guidance DHS issued made it effectively impossible for ICE to deport up to 90% of illegal aliens in the U.S.,” said Morgan.
“In the eyes of President Biden and [Homeland] Secretary [Alejandro] Mayorkas, the only illegal aliens ICE should be deporting are potential terrorists and spies, or convicted aggravated felons. The Biden administration, through its actions and policies, has signaled that anyone here illegally that does not fit those categories is welcome to stay — despite the fact they have broken our laws simply by crossing the border illegally and, in many cases, have defied a court order calling for their removal,” he said.
And the only reason he and many Republicans can figure Biden is turning a blind eye to the problem is that the Democrats hope it will please their liberal base and erode the GOP’s 2020 surge in Hispanic votes.
“The Biden administration and far-left members of Congress view these individuals as potential new voters down the line, especially if they can ram through a radical amnesty proposal for the tens of millions of illegal aliens already here. Forget sanctuary cities — this administration is rapidly turning the U.S. into a sanctuary country,” warned Morgan.
