Acting DHS secretary issues two directives

WASHINGTON (KYMA, KECY) - Benjamine Huffman, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), issued two directives Monday.

In a press release, the directives were said to be "essential to ending the invasion of the US southern border and empower law enforcement to protect Americans."

DHS says the first directive "rescinds the Biden Administration's guidelines for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) enforcement actions that thwart law enforcement in or near so-called 'sensitive' areas," which includes schools, churches and daycare centers.

The second directive, DHS says, seeks to end "the broad abuse of humanitarian parole and returns the program to a case-by-case basis. ICE and CBP will phase out any parole programs that are not in accordance with the law."

"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 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."

DHS Spokesperson