Deportation of undocumented immigrants who have final orders of removal will be paused by the Biden administration, according to the memo issued by acting leader of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Signed by acting DHS head, David Pekoske on Wednesday was on the lines of Biden's key promise. During his campaigns Biden had assured to pause deportations. 100 day deportation pause comes for all non-citizens except for those who are suspected to be part of any act of terrorism and those who are not in US since November 1, 2020.
It also excludes those who voluntary wish to exit US and those individuals who the acting director of ICE determines to deport. It has been seen as a monumental shift in the immigration policy.
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According to agency statistics, in the 2020 fiscal year, from Oct 2019 to September 30, 2020, over 1,85,000 people were deported by ICE. Acting DHS head, Pekoske asked acting ICE director, Tae Johson to “issue written instructions with additional operational guidance on the further implementation of this removal pause.”
According to a report published in the BuzzFeed News, the Biden administration is expected to issue new priorities to ICE officers to shrink their role by focusing only on the arrests of those who are security threats, arrested at the border after Nov 1, 2020 and public safety threat individuals. It will go into effect from February 1, 2021.
Biden had officially cancelled a memo issued by Trump
that prioritizes the deportation of every individual who is an undocumented
immigrant. It is seen as an attempt at overhauling the DHS and its components,
including ICE.