Acting Secretary David Pekoske issued a memorandum on the evening of January 20, 2021 putting into place a 100-day [[deportation]] moratorium. There were narrow exceptions for terrorists and spies and none for [[criminal]]s and criminal suspects. The order essentially shut down [[ICE]] operations. The junta's executive order raised the refugee ceiling by 730% in the midst of the [[CCP virus in the United States|Covid pandemic]].<ref>https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/02/10/biden-intends-to-increase-refugee-numbers-by-more-than-730-percent/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/10/poll-raising-refugee-admissions-is-bidens-most-unpopular-executive-order-so-far/</ref> By the junta's seventh week [[Arizona]] border agents reported illegal immigration in 2021 already surpassed all of 2018, and was on track to surpass 2018, 2019 and 2020 combined.” | Acting Secretary David Pekoske issued a memorandum on the evening of January 20, 2021 putting into place a 100-day [[deportation]] moratorium. There were narrow exceptions for terrorists and spies and none for [[criminal]]s and criminal suspects. The order essentially shut down [[ICE]] operations. The junta's executive order raised the refugee ceiling by 730% in the midst of the [[CCP virus in the United States|Covid pandemic]].<ref>https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/02/10/biden-intends-to-increase-refugee-numbers-by-more-than-730-percent/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/10/poll-raising-refugee-admissions-is-bidens-most-unpopular-executive-order-so-far/</ref> By the junta's seventh week [[Arizona]] border agents reported illegal immigration in 2021 already surpassed all of 2018, and was on track to surpass 2018, 2019 and 2020 combined.” |