Biden’s 100-Day Deportation Freeze ‘Very Dangerous’ Amid Pandemic, Former DHS Head Says

Migrants hoping to reach the U.S. border walk alongside a highway in Chiquimula, Guatemala, on Jan. 16, 2021. Sandra Sebastian/AP Photo

The Biden administration’s move to suspend certain deportations for 100 days not only poses a security threat but also puts additional pressure on the nation’s public health system amid a pandemic, former Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf says.

Shortly after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a memo calling for a 100-day pause, beginning on Jan. 22, on the removal of “certain noncitizens.”