As Brittany’s report details, the Justice Department has sued the state of Arizona for standing up a barrier on a section of the border. The state is being overrun and overwhelmed by illegal aliens because the Biden administration refuses to enforce the southern border. Arizona is obligated to protect its citizens and uphold the law, especially given the federal government’s criminal dereliction of duty. Consequently, under the direction of Governor Doug Ducey, the state has erected a makeshift wall — double-stacked shipping containers.
To repeat for the umpteenth time, binding federal law — Section 1225(b)(1)(B)(IV) of Title 8, U.S. Code, which is supposed to control the government’s treatment of aliens whose entry and presence in our country are illegal — unambiguously states: “Any alien subject to the procedures under this clause shall be detained pending a final determination of credible fear of persecution and, if found not to have such a fear, until removed” (emphasis added).
The Biden administration claims that it cannot enforce this congressional statute because the federal government lacks sufficient detention space and because court rulings call for aliens who seek asylum to have certain due-process protections. But that is absurd.
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