Florida’s attorney general accuses the Biden administration of intentionally destroying the nation’s border with Mexico.
“Biden and Mayorkas have become so brazen that they are now implementing mass-release quotas for immigrants surging into our country,” Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody Tuesday said in a statement.
“As a federal judge already recognized, these releases are unlawful, yet the Biden administration is ordering Border Patrol to release even more immigrants into the interior.”
In response to the escalating numbers of migrants at the southern border, Border Patrol leadership established daily “bookout” targets last month, Moody claims.
Moody said recently-obtained U.S. Border Patrol emails outline new proposed “bookout targets” for field chiefs and deputies to “bring in-custody numbers to manageable levels.” She noted CBP redacted actual numbers.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Acting Deputy Chief emailed new targets August 8 after a phone call with leaders to discuss “in-custody numbers,” Moody noted.
During the call, she said, CBP leaders revealed “the rate of daily encounters continues to surpass the daily permanent bookouts and in-custody numbers continue to rise.”
These targets aim to keep the number of illegal aliens in custody at a manageable level, potentially leading to releases of larger numbers of illegal border crosses into the U.S. interior.
The agency has proposed “daily bookout targets” for each sector, based on seven-day averages.
“Biden and Mayorkas have become so brazen that they are now implementing mass-release quotas for immigrants surging into our country,” Moody said.
“As a federal judge already recognized, these releases are unlawful, yet the Biden administration is ordering Border Patrol to release even more immigrants into the interior,” continued Florida’s attorney general.
She claimed the email as further proof of the disastrous cycle created by President Joe Biden’s alleged destruction of our border with Mexico.
“Biden cuts resources, opens the border, and then releases detainees while claiming there is not enough detention capacity to prevent the unprecedented flood of migrants entering the country because of his terrible policies,” claimed Moody.
“With every passing day it is becoming more obvious that the border crisis is being intentionally orchestrated by the Biden administration.”
The CBP email was acquired by Moody’s office as part of ongoing litigation against the Biden administration.
Florida is challenging the administration’s policy of releasing migrants into the interior. The state successfully halted a policy that released migrants without court dates due to overcrowding, pending an ongoing challenge.
A CBP spokesperson challenged Moody’s interpretation of the email, according to a Fox News report.
The directive is meant to “process individuals faster into the range of immigration pathways available, in order to address increasing numbers of individuals in custody,” the spokesperson reportedly told Fox News.
“These bookouts include processing record numbers of migrants into Expedited Removal and conducting record numbers of removal flights,” the spokesperson added.
Moody pointed out that more than six million illegal aliens have been encountered by CBP agents at the southwest border since Biden’s inauguration.
She added that 259 people on the terrorist watch list have been detained at the border, including 146 in fiscal year 2023.
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