(Breitbart) A top official at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has admitted the federal government’s catch-and-release policies are helping the cartels grow rich by ushering more of their migrant clients into American jobs.
The admissions came from Blas Nunez-Neto, who is Alejandro Mayorkas’ deputy for border and immigration policy at DHS:
The cartels’ expanding business is built on their ability to deliver U.S. jobs to the clients, Nunez-Neto admitted:
The DHS’s creation of a huge backlog of asylum claims also incentivizes further migration, Nunez-Neto acknowledged. “It is clear that the length of time is now taking to get through the immigration court process has become a significant pull factor [emphasis added] that is driving migration throughout the region,” he said, adding:
His comments echo a critical June 30 report by the acting ombudsman at the DHS agency responsible for processing migration claims, which said that the agency’s “growing humanitarian workload” has ensured:
The delays are a win for the migrants who know their asylum claims are bogus, Nunez-Neto noted:
The backlog has grown because Mayorkas and his deputies have ignored Congress’ law which requires migrants to be detained until their asylum claims are decided. Instead, they portray migration as a humanitarian issue and a logistics problem that is best answered by registering the migrants and releasing them into the U.S. labor market.
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