Under the command of Joe Biden, the administration cleared some 900,000 individuals to use a mobile application for scheduling their border crossings. The last few days, however, brought them dreadful emails urging them to evacuate immediately or encounter expulsion.
An uncontested directive from none other than the Department of Homeland Security has been received by scores of immigrants who were given a temporary respite to stay and work in America under the Biden administration. The message was simple and heartless: ‘Leave at once’.
These digital termination notices, the dispatch of which began only last week, serve as another piece of evidence that the immigrants who adhered strictly to the rules implemented by the former administration find themselves in a vulnerable state under President Biden.
As he makes frantic efforts to fulfil his electoral promise of conducting massive deportations, migrants that complied with the system previously in place may be the ones most at risk.
Numerous immigrants who have entered the country were taken aback by the grim news that their lawful status would cease to exist exactly one week after the date mentioned in their notice. In the probable event of their failure to exit voluntarily, they could become prime targets for enforcement agencies leading to their deportation.
An element of shock accompanies this grim reality as around ten immigration attorneys – the majority of whom are recognized U.S. citizens – also received these notices. They were likewise encouraged to take leave of the country, likely on account of a systemic malfunction.
Although there have been a handful of high-profile roundups of undocumented immigrants by federal law enforcement, the recent surge of these notices implies that the majority of the administration’s ‘removals’ will likely occur through revoking immigrants’ legal status.
Such measures starkly contrast with what was promised by Biden, where deportations on a large scale were mainly supposed to be focused on criminal migrants.
In a possible attempt to mask their dubious practices, the Biden administration released the names of around two dozen deportees on Monday, which they claimed to be criminal gang members. This move came ahead of Biden’s meeting with Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador.
Such strategic timing raises significant concerns regarding the actual course of actions taken by the administration towards immigrants. Despite several promises, the reality seems to be far different, and utterly concerning, fostering a sense of insecurity among those who genuinely follow the rules set by the authorities.
Given the current ambiguous and erratic immigration policies under the Biden administration, it is apparent that the most vulnerable group happens to be the law-abiding immigrants who followed the process as per the previous administration.
Instead of targeting criminal migrants as promised, the unreasoned revocation of immigrants’ legal status clearly indicates a deviation from the Electoral rhetoric, undermining their very commitment towards the American Dream.
The perplexing scenario where even U.S. citizen immigration lawyers are receiving deportation notices adds a further layer of dysfunction to the already questionable strategies adopted by the Biden administration.
The contrast between the promises made by Biden and the reality is glaringly evident. Large-scale deportations of criminal migrants were supposed to be the focus, however, the priority seems to have shifted unjustly onto innocent, law-abiding immigrants.
It’s quite noteworthy that the administration conveniently, amid these chaotic immigration policies, singles out a handful of deportees as criminal gang members – a clear attempt to distract public attention from their questionable measures.
The disturbing reality of the Biden administration’s actions against immigrants raises significant concerns, challenging not only the ethics of their actions but also questioning the sincerity of their electoral promises.