Senior U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officials in the Biden administration previously advocated the “abolition” of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to her previous work and statements vetted by the Daily Caller News Foundation. and worked with anti-ICE groups.
Abide Moussabian began his tenure. United States immigration In March 2022, he was appointed as the Director of the Agency’s Policy Strategy Office, and in March 2023, he was appointed as the Director of the Agency’s Policy Strategy Office. Before working for the Biden administration, Moussabian said: tweeted In 2018, he added the hashtag “Discontinued ICE”, accusing authorities of “misleading the public and making workplaces less safe”. She also advocated “defunding” ICE and CBP, according to a 2019 report. Tweet.
Musabian too worked Between 2013 and 2022, work for the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), an organization that has advocated for defunding ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and ending immigration detention. gone. (Related: Biden’s top Homeland Security official previously argued against deporting convicted felons)
From a helpful thread @hahn_jessie How ICE is misleading the public and making our workplaces less safe. #ICE abolished #DefundHate https://t.co/0sIfx83T3K
— Avid Moussabian (@Avideh_M) May 14, 2018
In 2020 Musabian will: report He advocated a “complete” end to immigration detention for legal representatives of immigrants facing deportation.
“Ultimately, it would be best to abolish immigration detention and coordinate the struggle to ensure universal representation at the local, state and national levels. should respect and strive to achieve the vision of the Immigrants facing a complete end to deportation and detention, resulting in the right to legal representation. helps shape immigration systems that are grounded in the values of fairness and human dignity, with a common goal of ending the unjust system of mass enforcement and incarceration,” the report said. .
Moussabian also led presentations during his tenure at NILC. advocated It called on the federal government to “release people from immigration detention to prevent the spread of COVID-19” and to provide medical care to illegal immigrants during the pandemic.
Screenshot: YouTube//National Immigration Law Center
NILC himself also to the Biden administration, end immigration detention, offer The road to citizenship for illegal immigrants, cancel funds ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and give Driver’s license for illegal immigration.
The ICE immigration detention system need not exist and communities across the country and those currently detained are organizing to end this system and build a better future.#first ten #Cage, not community
— National Immigration Law Center (@NILC) March 25, 2021
reminder:
📣#Immigration is mandatory.
📣 Ice is not.🎨 By Ariel Sinha pic.twitter.com/4hyyYxZQMX
— National Immigration Law Center (@NILC) September 22, 2021
Moussabian is credited with helping implement the Biden administration’s humanitarian parole program for immigrants from Ukraine, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. state.
Rob Lowe, a former Immigration and Immigration Service policy director in the Trump administration, told the DCNF that he believes the Biden administration is “full” of officials who want to prioritize illegal immigration.
“I think it’s clear from the top that this administration is full of appointees who don’t believe in the rule of law, and that they don’t really care about the American people,” said the current U.S. secretary. Lo said. The Homeland Security and Immigration Center at the Daiichi Policy Research Institute revealed.
Neither USCIS nor Moussabian responded to requests for comment.
Ireland Walker and Jack Applewhite contributed to this report.
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