[Original posting in the Juan Mann Archive on VDARE.com:
DHS Deceptive On Expedited Removal — And Paralyzed By Bureaucratic Battling.

The public relations campaign launched by the post-9/11 Federal immigration bureaucracy—specifically the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Customs and Border Protection (CBP) division—conceals a scandalous reality: immigration non-enforcement and an agency-wide kicking-and-screaming reluctance to actually implement summary removal authority granted by Congress almost ten years ago.

But that’s only the beginning. Reports from the field tell of institutionalized malaise and bureaucratic infighting, which persist long after the much-criticized Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was abolished.

Considering that summary removal is so vitally important for immigration law enforcement—see my Absolutely Definitive Essay on the subject—the DHS disinformation on expedited removal at the border is astounding.

Consider the following:

• The latest announcement on January 30 by the DHS that the federal government now "Streamlines Removal Process Along Entire U.S. Border" says nothing about the actual history of expedited removal under Section 235(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

• But the current Section 235(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act was passed by Congress along with amendments called the "Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996" (IIRIRA). The IIRIRA legislation was signed by President Clinton on September 30, 1996. It became effective on April 1, 1997.

• This allows for the summary removal of illegal aliens found anywhere in the United States—within two years of entering illegally. (It’s all right there in Immigration Act Section 235(b)(1)(A)(iii).) It’s just never been implemented. So much for the DHS’ press releases.

• Unfortunately, as I’ve written again and again, the much loved (by real immigration reformers) but hated and feared (by the Treason Lobby) immigration bill, H.R. 4437, passed last year by the House of Representatives, actually undercuts the 1996 expedited removal authority already on the books. It only allows the summary removal of illegal aliens found within 100 miles of a land border within 14 days of entry...the same standard already implemented in limited regulations by the DHS.

But that’s not all, folks.

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