A federal judge in Florida ruled this Wednesday that the government led by Joe Biden has violated the law by authorizing tens of thousands of people to be released into the country after crossing the border while the immigration courts decide their asylum applications.
Florida sued the federal government to block the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program, which allows hundreds of thousands of migrants to wait in freedom for a decision on their asylum cases
. , instead of in a detention center.
The government monitors these immigrants through regular cell phone calls or electronic anklets.
Judge T. Kent Wetherall ruled that the Government has "turned the south-west border into a meaningless line in the sand and little more than an obstacle to foreigners flooding into the country."
The number of migrants dying trying to reach the US continues to rise.
Feb 27, 202300:44
According to the TRAC research center at Syracuse University, the number of immigrants released into the country in the United States through the ATD program has consistently decreased in recent months, from 377,980 in December of last year to 305,992 in February 2023.
This week, federal government sources reported that it is considering resuming the detention of migrant families, a policy of former President Donald Trump that Biden dismantled in 2021, after promising more humane treatment at the border.
The sources said the government is weighing options as the United States awaits a larger flow of immigrants across the southern border, when the health rule known as Title 42 expires in May.
