(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) The Biden administration ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials to instruct Border Patrol sectors to increase releases of illegal immigrants.
The number of illegals who were held in detention across the southwest border neared 20,000 on Tuesday after a renewed surge of illegal border crossings, Breitbart reported. The directive called for the release of family unit members of illegals into the United States.
The directive was sent to Border Patrol sector chief patrol agents on Monday. As a result, the detention count had been reduced the next day by nearly 2,000 illegals and remained slightly above 17,000 illegals held in the custody of the agency at temporary detention centers.
The expiration date of the order to release illegals was not given and the releases will be a short-term “decompression” measure in place until illegals custody numbers reach a “more manageable level,” the anonymous source said.
However, the release of illegals into the country sharply contrasted with CBP’s social media propaganda, Breitbart noted.
“The US border is not open to irregular migration. Don’t listen to the lies of smugglers, US immigration policies have not changed,” a CBP official said in a video that was posted on social media.
“Under Title 8, individuals and families who arrive without authorization will be subject to removal and can be returned to their country of origin.”
NOTICE: People should not believe smugglers or others claiming the borders are open. The borders are not open to irregular migration, and people should not make the dangerous journey. https://t.co/WM82es32fO pic.twitter.com/OmQghDCkJD
— CBP (@CBP) August 8, 2023
CBP agents reportedly panned the video, which they claimed only irritated the morale of the agents in the field, according to the source.
“The use of Title 8 has never been a speedy process. With nearly 6,000 migrant encounters daily, the flow has overwhelmed us… The messaging coming from headquarters seems more like propaganda than policy,” the source said.
“To allege consequences will be applied and that smugglers lie about releases flies in the face of reality when it comes on the very day we are instructed to release as many migrant family unit members as we possible can to bring the detention numbers down.”
