The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under President Joe Biden’s administration has reportedly begun flying back previously deported individuals from Cameroon, who had their asylum claims determined to be invalid by the Trump administration, into the United States. This unannounced program is said to be in response to a February 2022 Human Rights Watch report about dozens of Cameroonians deported between 2019 and 2021 and allegedly mistreated upon their return home.
The Free Beacon’s Joseph Simonson reports that the Biden administration is flying back previously deported Cameroonians whose asylum claims were determined to be invalid by internal agency memos reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. The program appears to be a response to a February 2022 Human Rights Watch report about dozens of Cameroonians deported between 2019 and 2021 and then allegedly mistreated by their government. An estimated 80 to 90 Cameroonians were deported during that period of time.
While this program is unusual, it is not unprecedented for Biden’s DHS. In December 2021, as Breitbart News reported, DHS flew two illegal aliens from Haiti back to the United States to reevaluate their asylum claims after they had been deported under the Trump administration. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has, on several occasions, said “equity” and “justice” for migrants are at the center of the agency’s mission.
Unlawful presence in the United States, alone, will not be a basis for immigration enforcement action … it is a matter of justice and equity as well,” Mayorkas said in January 2022. Later that year, Mayorkas reiterated that “equity” for migrants is a “core founding principle” of the United States.
Biden’s parole pipeline is just one facet of the administration’s goal to seek “justice and equity” for migrants wanting to come to the United States. From January 2023 through May 2024, DHS has brought about 1.1 million migrants to the United States to secure parole. Put another way, the administration is importing about one paroled migrant for every three American births.