Joe Biden and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas are giving a pass to illegal immigrants who commit felonies.

Mayorkas has expressly refused to enforce immigration laws for millions of illegal immigrants. Because of his orders ICE has been forced to cancel deportation requests for many illegal immigrants “who pleaded guilty to felony charges of evading arrest or had convictions for drunken driving, drug possession or domestic assault injuring a family member.”

The Washington Times highlighted three examples of illegal immigrants who have been released:

• Heriberto Fuerte-Padilla: Padilla “was driving drunk in 2020 when he smashed into the car driven by a Texas teenager, killing her. He tried to flee the scene, but police caught up with him. The Homeland Security Department initially said it wanted authorities to pick him up and deport him once Texas punished him, but then it changed its mind. Under rules issued in September by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Fuerte-Padilla doesn’t qualify as a priority anymore.”
• Jose Godoy Vasquez: “According to the state’s law enforcement criminal history database, Vasquez, a Guatemalan, has a string of convictions starting with drunken driving in 2013 and then for drug possession and domestic violence from 2019 to 2021. His sentence runs through 2025. ICE had a detainer request on Vasquez but told Texas last month that it was canceling the detainer under the new priorities.”
• Nay Thar: “According to state records, Thar, from Thailand, was convicted of drug possession in 2017, drunken driving and fleeing police in 2018, and sneaking contraband into prison in 2020. State records indicate he was released this month.”

Meanwhile, the administration has not released its official report on deportations, breaking precedent. ICE agents say deportations are at near record lows, saying they are now a “travel coordination agency” for illegal immigrants, many with criminal convictions. Indeed, deportations are so low that illegal immigrants with arrest warrants are using their warrants as ID to travel around the country.

Biden conceded yesterday that “there are gangs...there's a whole lot of illegal movement” on the border. It’s time he woke up to the cause – his refusal to enforce the law.