As DHS compels its employees to work over the weekend at the border, Biden goes to the beach.
President Joe Biden will be staying at his beach residence in Rehoboth, Delaware for the weekend, while asylum officers stationed along the southern border are required to work on both Saturday and Sunday to manage the influx of migrants following the termination of the Title 42 public health order.
The White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean Pierre, declared on Friday that the President will give a speech at the Howard University graduation ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Saturday morning.
According to the speaker, the president and first lady will spend the weekend in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. This announcement follows the news that the Department of Homeland Security is requiring asylum officers to work over the weekend to address the high number of migrants seeking asylum at the southern border. This information was exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital on Friday.
On Friday morning, an associate director of the United States sent a memo to the Department of Homeland Security.
According to a memo obtained by Fox News Digital, the USCIS Refugee, Asylum and International Operations (RAIO) department has notified its employees that they are required to work at least one day over the weekend. The agency has now taken an additional step.
The Department of Homeland Security under Biden's administration is requiring asylum officers to work on both weekend days due to the administrative difficulties in managing the influx of migrants. The situation demands more resources and immediate action to increase staff availability on Saturdays and Sundays.
Associate Director Ted Kim has requested that almost all employees of the Asylum Division work on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend to guarantee complete operational preparedness, with only a few exceptions.
According to the memo, only employees who do not offer direct assistance to the "credible fear" process will not be included in the exemption. This process involves migrants who are seeking asylum and need to prove that they have a genuine fear of persecution if they are sent back to their home country.
Officials from the Department of Homeland Security have acknowledged that they screened questions from reporters regarding the border, but have stated that they will not repeat this practice. This directive was issued shortly after the Title 42 public health order at the southern border was lifted, along with the COVID-19 national emergency, on Thursday evening.
Since March 2020, there has been a directive that enabled the swift removal of immigrants at the southern border.
A federal judge has prevented the Biden administration from releasing migrants without court dates as Title 42 comes to an end. The end of Title 42 had raised concerns about a significant increase in border crossings as migrants believed they had a higher chance of being allowed into the United States.
The assertion that the Department of Homeland Security has denied on numerous occasions is that Border Patrol officers have come across more than 10,000 immigrants per day for at least three days this week, resulting in several areas being overcrowded. Click the link to obtain the Fox News application.
The organization attempted to free immigrants into the country's interior without scheduled court appearances, but a court ruling issued on Thursday prevented them from doing so.