Biden Administration Orders ICE Agents Not to Arrest, Deport Crime Victims

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "When victims have access to humanitarian protection, regardless of their immigration status, and can feel safe in coming forward, it strengthens the ability of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, including ICE, to detect, investigate, and prosecute crimes," Johnson wrote.
48% : Johnson added in a statement that the policy update facilitates victim cooperation with law enforcement, enhances ICE's criminal investigative efforts, and promotes trust in ICE agents and law enforcement officers.
44% : "A victim-centered approach encourages victim cooperation with law enforcement, engenders trust in ICE agents and officers, and bolsters faith in the entire criminal justice and civil immigration systems," Johnson wrote.
43% : However, ICE is still authorized to take action against victims of crime in "exceptional circumstances," including if an individual could physically endanger somebody else or is deemed a threat to national security.
41% : The approach also seeks to minimize the "chilling effect" of potential deportation, and therefore encourage illegal immigrants to cooperate with law enforcement.
38% : Described as a "victim-centered approach" to enforcement, the new policy will see ICE agents cease taking action against illegal immigrants who have applied for visas specifically offered to victims of human trafficking, domestic violence, child neglect, or abuse, according to the guidance (pdf) issued by acting ICE Director Tae Johnson.
29% : ICE launched the Victims Engagement and Services Line on June 11, noting in a statement that the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office that then-President Donald Trump established in 2017 "is terminated."
19% : In April, the Biden administration ordered ICE and CBP to stop using terms such as "illegal alien" and instead use the phrase "undocumented noncitizen."
18% : Republicans have argued that Trump's policies and messaging were effective at discouraging illegal immigration, and that the Biden administration's rollback of some of them has led to a record-high surge in the number of people crossing the southern border illegally.

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