Tennessee’s top prosecutor announced Wednesday that his office uncovered a plan by the Biden-Harris administration to release large numbers of illegal immigrants into the state, but the plan ultimately fell through.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attempted to release illegal immigrants into Tennessee, but the plan was halted after opposition from the governor and other lawmakers. According to Documents obtained by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Scumetti through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Mr. Scumetti alleges that federal immigration authorities worked with nonprofit organizations to remove thousands of single adult immigrants from out-of-state detention facilities and release them into Tennessee. (Related: Immigration crisis accelerates rise in tuberculosis cases, study finds)
“The federal government’s single most important job is to keep dangerous people out of our country, and instead we have allowed murderers and rapists to illegally cross our borders and walk freely on our streets.” he said in a press release.
“As urgent work continues in Washington to repair our broken immigration system, my office will continue to fight for transparency and accountability,” Mr. Scumetti continued.
RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS – DECEMBER 7: U.S. Border Patrol searches for an illegal immigrant who was apprehended for illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border near Rio Grande City, Texas, on December 7, 2015. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced in December 2022 that federal immigration authorities will work with immigrant rights groups and local officials in Nashville to stop mass ICE detentions before Title 42 health orders that block border crossings end. I learned that arrangements are being made to release the suspect into the state. Down, according to a press release. When the federal government did not respond to the FOIA request, the Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit.
of Email compatible Documents obtained by Mr. Scrumetti’s office show plans to release thousands of single adult immigrant detainees from ICE custody to Tennessee, coordination among local nonprofits to carry out the plan, and Louisiana detention centers. ICE data showing the release of immigrant detainees from prison appears to have been released. Center with a violent criminal background including murder, kidnapping, and rape.
ICE officials and the Nashville mayor’s office have been working on plans, including how many asylum seekers to bring into the city, how many of them want to make the city their final destination, and what level of assistance the federal government will provide. We talked about logistics. , an email message will be displayed. The email exchange names the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, Home is Here NOLA and other groups.
Despite plans to bring migrants to Tennessee stalled due to opposition from the governor and U.S. senators, Mr. Scumetti’s office said thousands of migrants, including dangerous individuals, remain in detention facilities in Louisiana. He said he was released.
“This information further reveals that even though ICE abandoned its failed plan to mass release detainees to Tennessee, it still released more than 7,000 detainees directly from its Louisiana facility at the time. “These include more than 30 individuals who have been assigned ICE’s highest security threat level,” the press release states.. “The released detainees had criminal histories including murder, sexual assault, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, armed robbery, kidnapping, alien smuggling, drug trafficking, robbery, and fraud.”
The news comes in the wake of unprecedented levels of illegal immigration into the United States under the Biden-Harris administration.
Approximately 2.1 million migrants were encountered along the U.S. southern border in fiscal year 2024, according to the latest data released by Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The total number of migrants encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Biden-Harris administration is about 8.5 million, according to the latest numbers, including about 500,000 who entered the country through the White House’s CHNV parole program. non-nationals are not included. .
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