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Rep. Val Demings, a Florida Democrat who is running to unseat Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, tweeted in favor of securing the U.S. border "and other points of entry" last week, which the Rubio campaign slammed as an "election-cycle charade" that contradicts her own record.

Demings tweeted Wednesday that immigration reform is needed in order to stem the tide of overdose deaths in the country, which have hit record levels.

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Rep. Val Demings speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 21, 2021. (Greg Nash/The Hill/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"Whats happening right now is a preventable tragedy. Taking it on requires a multistep approach," she argued. "1) Hold pharma companies accountable 2) Secure the border and other points of entry 3) Make addiction and mental health treatment accessible to all."

Despite her call to secure the border, Demings has a history of voting against policies that some could argue would do just that. In 2019, she called President Trumps southern border wall "an absurd waste of money and a violation of our values as a nation of immigrants," and she voted "yes"to terminate his declaration of an emergency at the border, which freed up billions in funding for the wall.

Demings also voted against a bill that would make it easier to deport illegal immigrants who are suspected of gang activity and another that would restrict taxpayer grant money to sanctuary cities.

Rep. Val Demings attends a Build Back Better for Women rally on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 24, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"Demings may be willing to do and say anything in order to win, but her record speaks for itself," the Rubio campaign said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Demings supports illegal immigrants voting, sanctuary cities, and a pathway to citizenship for gang members and sexual abusers while she opposes the border wall and resources for border agencies.

"Floridians will see right through her election-cycle charade," the campaign said.

Meanwhile, Demings was among the group of Democrats who led the failed effort for immigration reform, including a pathway to citizenship for millions of DREAMers and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) immigrants, to be included in the $1.9 trillion social spending bill passed by the House on Friday.

Sen. Marco Rubio speaks with reporters before a vote on Capitol Hill on Nov. 4, 2021, in Washington. (Joshua Roberts/Getty Images)

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Demings Campaign Manager Zack Carroll hit back at the Rubio campaign and touted Demings' work as an Orlando police chief in a statement to Fox News Digital on Sunday night.

"Chief Demings kept Floridians safe for 27 years as a law enforcement officer," Carroll said. "In Congress, the Chief has fought to secure funding and strengthen oversight of the Border Patrol and Department of Homeland Security as they work to prevent illegal drug smuggling and keep Florida safe.

"But Marco Rubio is too weak and self-serving to do his job: he's skipped nine Senate Foreign Relations hearings since September and voted against bipartisan support for the Department of Homeland Security that will enhance anti-smuggling security at the border and at ports of entry," he continued. "In this race there's only one candidate focused on doing the work to keep Floridians safe, and it's Chief Demings."

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A few weeks ago, I wrote about how the Democrats multi-trillion-dollar big government spending package is bad for south Alabama, as well as the rest of the nation. I primarily focused on how this massive spending package would result in an unprecedented expansion of the federal government, while increasing taxes on middle class Americans and driving up prices for everything from fuel to groceries. However, the problems with this package are not just limited to raising taxes and increasing the cost of living for millions of hardworking Americans.

In addition to raising taxes and massively increasing our federal debt, this package is slap full of horrific policies that would fundamentally change America for the worse. Just one example is a provision in this package that would ultimately give $100 billion of taxpayer money to illegal immigrants while opening our southern border even wider.

A huge chunk of this money would be used to pay for tuition and other financial aid for illegal immigrants in community college. It would also spend almost $2.5 billion to give illegal immigrants Child Tax Credit benefits while removing the programs work requirement. Illegal immigrants would be eligible for very high-paying jobs under a newly created Civilian Climate Corps (CCC) program, which would give them the authority to walk around our neighborhoods as the new climate police.

If this package passes, more than 8 million illegal immigrants would immediately be granted amnesty, and some estimates even show that number likely would end up exceeding 10 million. For perspective, this would be more than double the population of the entire state of Alabama. Not only would millions of illegal immigrants be granted full amnesty, but there also would be no restriction on countless gang members, human trafficker and sex offenders being given American citizenship. These folks would all become American citizens on the spot and would be eligible for benefits such as welfare, Social Security and Medicare all at the expense of law-abiding American citizens.

Instead of spending money to fix our broken immigration system, build the wall and protect the safety and security of American citizens, President Biden and his Democrat allies in Congress are determined to write a blank check to millions of illegal immigrants. This does nothing more than make our illegal immigration problems dramatically worse while increasing taxes on American citizens and making our communities less safe. I absolutely oppose this terrible package, and Im working hard every day to convince my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to oppose it as well. America deserves better.

Jerry Carl represents Alabamas First Congressional District. He lives in Mobile with his wife Tina.

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The Biden administration is launching an effort to send court documents to tens of thousands of immigrants who crossed the border illegally and who were released into the United States as authorities struggled to cope with the enormous influx of migrants hitting the border each month.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesperson confirmed to Fox News that ICE is sending charging documents to migrants who were either paroled or released under prosecutorial discretion by Customs and Border Protection (CBP.)

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The move was first reported by CBS News, which reported that approximately 78,000 migrants will be sent notices to appear in court.

A Border Patrol agent talks to migrants after they were detained and taken into custody, March 21, 2021, in Abram-Perezville, Texas. Biden took office on Jan. 20 and almost immediately, numbers of migrants exceeded expectations. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Migrants who are released into the interior are typically given an NTA, which directs them to show up at an immigration court to begin their proceedings at a specific date. However, the timely process was abandoned in many cases as Border Patrol faced record high migrant encounters.

As a result, they began processing migrants into the interior with Notices to Report, which tell migrants to check in with a local ICE facility within 60 days, and does not formally enroll them in immigration proceedings.

The Associated Press reported that as of Sept. 10,, CBP had released 107,817 without formal notices to appear in court. Of those, 29,863, or 28%, did not report to ICE in the time period.

Additionally, the administration has been using parole powers to release more than 30,000 migrants into the U.S. Federal law says parole authority is to be used on a case-by-case basis for "urgent humanitarian purposes" and "significant public benefit." Typically only a handful of parole cases are granted by officials, but the Biden administration has been using it more broadly.

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The documents being sent to those in question will direct them to their local ICE field office and have their case reviewed, as well as have their fingerprints and photographs taken. They will also be given a court date to comply with, and if they do not it could open them up to deportation.

"Action will be taken against those that do not appear consistent with the law and Department priorities. By mailing out these charging documents, ICE is initiating removal proceedings in a timely way," the spokesperson said.

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ICE has communicated to released migrants via mail for decades, and says that it will issue other charging documents in person as appropriate.

The push to get legal documents into the hands of those who have quickly been released into the U.S. comes at the same time as the Biden administration has been dramatically reducing the ability of ICE to arrest and deport many of those in the country illegally.

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In September, the administration formalized February guidance that limits agents to targeting three categories of illegal immigrant -- recent border crossers, national security threats and aggravated felons., Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has ended worksite enforcement raids, and last month issued a list of "protected areas" where agents are not allowed to conduct enforcement operations -- including schools, medical facilities, recreation centers, rallies and COVID-19 vaccination areas.

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A county sheriff in Northern California announced Tuesday that his office would no longer respond to any requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) about the release or transfer of illegal immigrants in order to "protect the safety" of residents in his county.

San Mateo County Sheriff Carlos Bolanos said that his offices policy was now consistent with other counties in the Bay Area.

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"It has become apparent to me that complying with those requests regarding the pending release of undocumented individuals who have committed serious crimes is undermining the trust we need to protect the community," Bolanos said in a written statement. "It simply is not worth losing the trust of many members of the public by continuing to process these requests from ICE."

Bolanos said the change comes after meeting with hundreds of residents who gave their input earlier this month at a Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers and Holds (TRUTH) Act forum, a meeting that is required when law enforcement cooperates with ICE.

San Mateo County Sheriff Carlos Bolanos said that his offices policy to no longer comply with ICE's requests about the release of transfer of illegal immigrants was now consistent with other counties in the Bay Area. (Reuters, File)

"This change is being made after we heard from hundreds of residents who shared their perspective on how we will all be safer when the entire community understands the Sheriffs Office is here to protect the public, not enforce immigration laws," Bolanos said.

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County officials said the sheriffs office coordinated 15 transfers to ICE from the county jail last year, noting that most individuals convicted of serious felonies serve their sentences in state prison rather than county jail.

ICE could still obtain a judicial warrant if the agency believes an individual poses a serious threat, which law enforcement in the Bay Area must honor, county officials said.

Bolanos said he "will continually evaluate any effects caused by this change in policy and, if necessary, consider adjustments."

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Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder said Democrats will pay a price at the ballot box next year if they start cutting taxpayer-funded checks to migrants.

Mr. Wilder, the nations first Black governor, said the Biden administrations plan for payoffs, if successful, will dent the partys image in the eyes of voters who feel left behind despite playing by the rules.

When you are saying to the American people you are going to spend countless billions of dollars for people illegally here and those who have been here struggling to climb up the ladder for years have not been given a chance then that is going to be a problem, Mr. Wilder said in an interview Thursday with The Washington Times.

The Wall Street Journal broke the news late last month that the Biden administration is considering giving payments to immigrants who were crossing the border illegally and say they suffered emotional trauma from family separations under President Trumps zero-tolerance border policy.

The report said some families could receive upward of $450,000 for each individual directly affected by the policy, which led to thousands of family separations. The total bill could run as high as $1 billion, the report said.

Critics have since noted that the families of fallen service members receive a $100,000 death gratuity.

The payments for immigrants would come as part of a settlement to resolve lawsuits the ACLU and other advocacy groups have filed on behalf of families and parents over the way they were treated during the Trump administration.

President Biden last week scoffed at the reported size of the payments but clarified over the weekend that he supports compensating migrant families who were separated on Mr. Trumps watch.

Now heres the thing. If in fact because of the outrageous behavior of the last administration, you come across the border, whether it was legal or illegal, and you lost your child, Mr. Biden said. You lost your child. Its gone. You deserve some kind of compensation, no matter what the circumstance. What that will be, I have no idea.

Mr. Wilder said Mr. Bidens attempts to humanize the payments to the immigrants fell flat. He said the responsibility of the government is to help people who are already here and who have been forgotten.

What about people who have been here the entirety of their lives and never gotten anything? said Mr. Wilder. Balancing inequities is one thing, ignoring needs is another.

Republicans are trying to block payments, warning that if the administration follows through on the idea it will lead to a surge in migrants.

GOP Senators plan to add an amendment to the upcoming defense policy bill that would block the payments. House Republicans also have introduced a bill called the Illegal Immigration Payoff Prohibition Act, that seeks to thwart the payoff push.

The surge of young immigrants at the southern border has raised questions about the Biden administrations approach.

A Quinnipiac University Poll released last month found that Americans say the economy, 19%; COVID-19, 16%; and immigration, 14%, are the most urgent issues facing the country.

The top issue for Republicans was immigration, 28%; followed by the economy, 24%; and the national debt, 10%.

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