A federal judge in Florida ruled Wednesday that the Biden administration's "Catch-and-release" border policy, in which foreign nationals in the country are released into the U.S. instead of being deported, is unlawful.
In a scathing 109-page opinion, U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell for the Northern District of Florida Pensacola Division ruled the Biden administration's "Catch-and-release" policy is unlawful and "Due to be vacated." He also denied the administration's motion for summary judgement, vacated the administration's "Parole ATD" Policy under the Administrative Procedures Act, and gave the administration seven days to seek appellate review and comply with federal law and his ruling.
"A federal judge is now ordering Biden to follow the law, and his administration should immediately begin securing the border to protect the American people.
" Throughout the course of litigation, various Biden administration policies were exposed.
Last August, in one deposition, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz testified the southern border was "currently in a crisis" as a result of Biden administration policies.
Another piece of evidence released by Moody related to Biden administration policies repealing processing pathways of the MPP, ACA and PACR, which impacted Border Patrol agents' ability to expeditiously process and remove illegal foreign nationals.
On the first day, Moody's legal team presented what she called "bombshell evidence that the federal government wrongfully withheld until just before the trial" showing the administration's plan to release people en masse into the U.S. The ruling comes as U.S. Customs and Border Protection Miami Sector reported a 500% increase in apprehensions in fiscal 2022 compared to fiscal 2021, and as U.S. Coast Guard crews off the coast of Florida are on track to break last year's apprehension records.
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