Leaked Memo: Border Patrol Receives New Guidance on Illegal Immigrants

Published on June 12, 2024

A leaked internal U.S. Border Patrol memo directed San Diego sector agents to release illegal immigrants from most countries into the United States, one day after President Joe Biden issued a June 4 executive order limiting asylum claims at the southern border. The June 5 memo, obtained by The Epoch Times, states at the top, “Keep this reference for the Presidential Proclamation.” It instructs agents to release into the United States single adults from “easy to remove” countries in the western hemisphere on their own recognizance with notices to appear in court, except for those from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, Venezuela, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador....