By Central South Dakota News |
Jun 14, 2024
U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) have addressed an oversight letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick Garland, seeking explanations for reports that the Biden Administration has granted "mass amnesty" by terminating over 350,000 asylum cases within two years. The senators highlighted that 102,550 asylum cases were dismissed in 2022, followed by 149,000 in 2023, and 113,843 in the first four months of 2024. This is contrasted with just over 26,000 dismissals during the Trump...