ICE needs to get its act together as migrants freeze waiting for help — do something, Joe!

Migrants ready exterior of the ICE workplace in Manhattan for appointments on November 23, 2022.
William Farrington

First, Workforce Biden opened the border to waves of unlawful migrants. Then it didn't help the various communities overwhelmed by influxes of individuals with few assets who can’t legally work right here. Now, Biden’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement company is failing to course of those that are looking for official “asylum applicant” standing to allow them to legally work.

The Put up and others have documented how lots of of migrants, together with babies, camp out in a single day in bitter chilly temperatures hoping to satisfy with ICE staff the following day.  

The situations are inhumane — a mom was seen breastfeeding her child in near-freezing temps — and folks threat hypothermia as they wait in line over 10 hours (generally 25!).

Extra outrageous: Of us with conferences set through the ICE Appointment Scheduler nonetheless get turned away with out being seen. After hours-long waits exterior 26 Federal Plaza in Decrease Manhattan, they study that candidates are seen on a “first come, first served foundation,” regardless.

“After 500 folks, they're completed,” a safety guard advised The Put up. ICE officers haven’t formally confirmed the 500-a-day restrict, however one thing like that matches what’s occurring.

For starters, ICE execs within the metropolis ought to do some outreach to the 30,000 or so migrants right here, and work out a approach to keep away from the lengthy in a single day strains. Possibly maintain lotteries for actual appointments on the dozens of shelters town’s arrange for no less than two-thirds of the migrants already right here?

(The disaster has already price metropolis taxpayers greater than $600 million; the feds nonetheless haven’t responded to Mayor Eric Adams’ request for $1 billion in emergency help.)

Second: The lame-duck Congress nonetheless has to approve spending payments to maintain the federal government open previous subsequent month. Democrats have nixed GOP amendments to enlarge the Border Patrol; how about a couple of additional million to rent some extra ICE clerks to course of these folks?

It’s dangerous sufficient that President Joe Biden has successfully opened the border. The least he can do is humanely tackle the penalties of the million-plus migrants his crew has waved in.