With the incoming Trump administration promising to deport millions of illegal immigrants, Democratic elected officials are helping them evade law enforcement.
Just weeks before President Donald Trump is set to move back into the White House, a new government study shows more than a third of the illegal immigrants released into the United States do not show up for their court hearings.
The Government Accountability Office’s new report showed 34% of illegal immigrants given a date for a hearing are no-shows, a large jump from the first Trump administration, during which these statistics were at low points.
Andrew Arthur of the Center for Immigration Studies said the numbers aren’t all that surprising given the historic number of illegals allowed in by the Biden administration without any increase in the number of immigration judges to adjudicate each asylum request.
In an analysis of the report, Arthur found several interesting data correlations: no-shows were higher in areas with a higher likelihood of an illegal immigrant’s asylum claim being denied. Additionally, whether an asylum seeker has legal representation has an influence. Only 9% of those with representation skipped the hearing while 75% of those without were a no-show.
With Trump readying his second administration and his commitment to beefing up border security and increasing deportations, concern among advocates for illegal immigrants is growing. Blue states like Oregon are doing what they can to prevent immigration officials from arresting and deporting those in the Beaver State illegally. The state Attorney General released a “Sanctuary Promise Community Toolkit”, providing advice to illegal immigrants on how to handle situations in which they encounter immigration officials.
The children of some illegal immigrants fear that applying for federal student loans will risk getting their parents deported. America’s Voice, a group that lobbies for policies that prioritize and reward the millions of illegal immigrants, are calling the planned deportation arrests “shock and awe” meant to “instill panic in immigrant communities.”
Despite the efforts of sanctuary jurisdictions, the vast majority of Americans believe Trump will be able to tackle the illegal immigration problem according to a new survey from Gallup.
