Federal Judge Stays Biden's Dangerous 100-Day Memo

Article author: 
Government Relations Staff
Article publisher: 
FAIR
Article date: 
Sunday, January 31, 2021
Article category: 
National Issues
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A federal judge in Texas issued a temporary restraining order (TRO), this week, provisionally stopping a dangerous Department of Homeland Security memorandum issued on January 20, 2021 that directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to halt deportations for almost all aliens with removal orders from the country for 100 days. Acting DHS Secretary David Pekoske signed the memorandum on inauguration day, but it appears to have been ghost written by Esther Olavarria, an anti-immigration enforcement advocate who was recently appointed to the Biden Administration. . .