The Department of Homeland Security reports that less than 1% of illegal aliens who were caught by Border Patrol agents and released using “parole powers” last year, have either been deported or have confirmed they have left the United States on their own.

The surge of migrants that followed the ending of Title 42, the pandemic emergency plan, was 2,572. Since then, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been struggling to deal with these migrants.

Despite a judge putting pressure on ICE, it was unable to summon more than 350 migrants to court. In court documents, it admitted that it had lost track of over 30 of these migrants.

Andrew “Art” Arthur is a former immigration lawyer and ICE judge. He said that the migrants are a case study of the 3 million illegal immigrants caught by the Biden Administration over the last three years.

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He said: “This totally undermines Secretary [Alejandro] Mayorkas’ contention that there is any real consequence for illegally entering into the United States, or that these consequences will be delivered within weeks, not years.” “This control group shows that DHS doesn’t deliver any consequences.”

The migrants were part a short-lived Border Patrol program last spring that was created to try and speed up the catch-and release during an anticipated surge of illegal immigration near the end Title 42 border policy.

The officials figured that they would be overwhelmed if they tried to issue summonses for immigration court to all of the migrants. So they decided to give them “paroles” with instructions to report to ICE within 90 days and to collect their summonses.

The migrants were supposed be released on alternatives to detention. This was a way to track them and ensure that they followed the conditions of their release.

U.S. District Court Judge T. Kent Wetherell II issued an injunction in Florida on the program. However, the government released 2,572 migrants following the injunction. Judge Wetherell was considering holding the government in contempt, but instead ordered extensive reports on the migrants. This gave the country a unique look at the struggles of the Biden administration.

360 migrants failed to report to the police within 90 days. ICE did not issue a summons to most of those who checked in.

ICE reports that 32 migrants are still waiting to complete the first check-in six months after they were originally scheduled. ICE has not yet issued summonses for immigration court to 351 of those who checked in. This means that they have not yet been deported.

ICE has confirmed that only 11 of the total 2,572 migrants have been deported, or are on their own. This is what ICE calls “self-removal.”

ICE is holding one migrant in detention.

ICE refused to answer any questions or provide additional details about its performance citing a company policy that prohibits commenting on legal matters.

The 2,572 migrants represent a small sample of approximately 3 million illegal aliens who were caught and released by President Biden.

In scientific terms, this is what we call the control group. “It is smaller, highly selected, and we know more about it. It is also the group on which most of the attention is focused,” Mr. Arthur said, now at the Center for Immigration Studies. If they don’t manage to get this right, if the can’t improve on this, then there’s no hope for their ‘policy,’ in terms of its ability to control illegal immigration.

He also said that the failure of the bipartisan Senate border deal this month suggests it wouldn’t have been as effective as advertised.

This bill was intended to curb illegal border crossings. It gave the president the power to expel people, but it also included catch-and release for families. Families were released with alternatives to detention on the condition that they report back to the asylum office within 90 days.

This system is similar in many ways to the Parole+ATD Program.

Parole should only be used when a migrant’s release is considered an urgent humanitarian necessity or a public benefit. Judge Wetherell ruled the Biden administration had gone too far by creating a categorical program of parole to reduce Homeland Security’s burden.

Theoretically, these migrants should be using their presence as a way to request asylum.

ICE’s filing in court shows that at least 16 out of 2,572 people have done this.

These numbers are up to date as of January. ICE’s filing to the court in February was a mess. Each of the 2,572 entry was cut in half so that the data was illegible.

Other revelations from the data include:

The program has released migrants from 45 different countries. Venezuelans accounted for the largest group with 560 people. Colombians, and Peruvians were ranked second and three.

* Three of those migrants came from Pakistan, six were from Afghanistan, nine were from Bangladesh, and one was from Somalia. These countries have at times been labeled as “special interest” because of their links to terrorism.

The border dispute has been sparked by the fact that 43 of these migrants were Chinese.

* A little more than half the migrants arrived as adults who were single. It is supposed to be easier for them to detain or deport than if they were in a family.

* ICE sent immigration court summonses to most migrants via mail, indicating that it hasn’t yet met them in person. Mr. Arthur said this is a flaw because ICE does not know much about the migrants or their location.