White House border czar Tom Homan accused the Biden administration of putting up illegal migrants in expensive hotel rooms instead of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities, helping migrants avoid deportation.
He said it was a deliberate strategy by President Biden to help illegal immigrants stay in the U.S.
“The Biden Administration released millions of people in the United States. No one ever talks about it. I’ll talk about it. Why did they release people into the interior United States and put them into an ICE bed?” Mr. Homan said during a White House press briefing on Monday. “Why not put them in an empty ICE bed at $127 a night, rather than a hotel room at 500 bucks a night?”
Mr. Homan said the Biden administration “did it on purpose.”
“When you put them in an ICE detention bed, they get a hearing in 35 days. Court records show that nine out of 10 people who claimed asylum get a removal order. They’re gone,” he said.
“But if you release them, and put them in a hotel room at 500 bucks a night, their hearings could be in five, seven, nine years. You pull out all appeals, and what are they hoping for?”
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt touted the 99% decrease from the more than 184,000 illegal aliens who were released into the country during the same period last year under Mr. Biden.
“The number of unaccompanied illegal alien children arriving at the border has also hit a record low,” Ms. Leavitt said. “Total attempted illegal crossings at the Southwest border hit a record low in February, only to fall to another new record low again last month in March, just listen to these incredible numbers.”
