Texas filed a lawsuit on January 22, 2021, challenging the President Biden’s 100-day moratorium on deportations. As noted in a prior post, President Biden ordered a review of current enforcement priorities and the establishment of revised priorities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has since paused almost all deportations for at least 100 days, until it […]
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Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Implements 100-Day Deportation Moratorium
On January 20, 2021, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security David Pekoske signed a memorandum directing, per President Biden’s January 20, 2021, executive order, that Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) review enforcement policies and set interim policies while DHS develops final priorities. Beginning January […]
President Biden Orders a Review of Deportation and Enforcement Priorities
On January 25, 2017, just days after taking office, President Trump issued an executive order, removing deportation priorities previously established by President Obama. Among other things, his order increased the number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, significantly expanded priorities for deportation, limited prosecutorial discretion, expanded the use of expedited removal (deportation without the […]
