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Parsing Immigration Policy
Parsing Immigration Policy

Solutions for Ending the Border Crisis and Creating an Effective Process for Removals from the Interior

Summary More than a million migrants have been apprehended and released into the United States under the Biden administration. If got-aways - migrants who successfully evaded Border Patrol – and unaccompanied minors are added, the total is nearly two million. In today’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, experts discuss solutions to ending the border crisis and executing an effective interior enforcement plan. Dan Vara, a former District/Chief Legal Counsel for the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Miami Division and a Center board member, shares his experiences with past operations that successfully dealt with mass migration situations, including the record breaking mass exodus of Nicaraguans from their home country to the United States in 1988 and 1989. Vara describes how career personnel created the enforcement processes which then filtered up to the top for approval. The key was detention, judges and attorneys detailed to the border, quick decisions on asylum applications, and corresponding quick deportations.
Host:
Jessica Vaughan
Organization
Center for Immigration Studies