A federal judge rebuked the Department of Homeland Security for releasing 2,567 illegal immigrants on “parole” even after he had issued a temporary restraining order, and demanded that the department track what happens to those migrants as they disperse throughout the country.
But he said that because his restraining order wasn’t clear enough on what conduct was being blocked, he cannot conclude that Homeland Security officials intentionally flouted it and thus would not hold department officials in contempt.
The report will also have to detail where the migrants ended up and how they checked in. And the Homeland Security Department must also report on steps it is taking to track down those who fail to report. Biden administration officials admitted to 2,576 releases, but said the migrants had been “fully processed” or parole before the order kicked in. But because Customs and Border Protection generally avoids overnight releases, the migrants were kept in custody until Friday.
“Indeed, the entire point of the policy is to release aliens from custody more quickly, and it is hard to understand how an alien can be both ‘paroled’ and in custody at the same time,” the judge wrote. Judge Wetherell had previously ruled against another parole policy and ruled last week that the new policy also flouted immigration law. His restraining order prohibited use of parole once Title 42 expired.
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