Yesterday, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman announced two new directives. These measures aim to address issues at the US southern border and enhance law enforcement capabilities.

The first directive revokes guidelines from the Biden Administration concerning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). These guidelines had restricted enforcement actions in or near designated "sensitive" areas. The second directive addresses the use of humanitarian parole, shifting it back to a case-by-case evaluation. ICE and CBP will discontinue any parole programs that do not comply with legal standards.

A DHS Spokesperson stated: “This action empowers the brave men and women in CBP and ICE to enforce our immigration laws and catch criminal aliens—including murders and rapists—who have illegally come into our country. Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest. The Trump Administration will not tie the hands of our brave law enforcement, and instead trusts them to use common sense."

The spokesperson further commented on changes to the humanitarian parole program: “The Biden-Harris Administration abused the humanitarian parole program to indiscriminately allow 1.5 million migrants to enter our country.This was all stopped on day one of the Trump Administration. This action will return the humanitarian parole program to its original purpose of looking at migrants on a case-by-case basis.”