by Jordan Dixon-Hamilton
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a plan to locate and begin proceedings against the 78,000 migrants the agency willfully let enter the country.
ICE will begin “Operation Horizon” on Monday, which is the agency’s plan to begin the deportation process for 78,000 migrants who the agency did not immediately process for deportation, according to a CBS report.
Typically, when migrants are not immediately deported or held in detention, they are released and regularly provided with “notices to appear.” These are notices for the migrant to appear in a court hearing to determine whether they must face deportation or remain in the country.
However, immigration officials stopped providing migrants with notices to appear in March of this year, citing a lack of resources and a massive influx of migrants crossing the border.