Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has filed a lawsuit against the Biden-Harris administration for not responding to a previous Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking information on policies that allow the release of dangerous illegal immigrant criminals from federal prisons.
Moody’s office submitted the complaint to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Fort Myers. The complaint addresses the federal government’s failure to respond to Florida’s FOIA request from March, which sought details on why immigrants who have completed their sentences in U.S. prisons are not being deported back to their home countries, according to court documents and online reports noted by ADN America.
“Historically, when illegal aliens were brought to the U.S. to be prosecuted for their crimes, it was well understood that the aliens would be deported once they have served their sentence,” the newly filed complaint reads. “That was until the Biden-Harris Administration implemented their shockingly irresponsible immigration policy, pushing unknown numbers of dangerous criminals straight from federal prison into our communities and causing chaos, anarchy, and crime.”
Moody further explained her reasons for filing the lawsuit in a statement released by the Florida Attorney General’s Office. “In addition to flat out refusing to secure the border, reports indicate that President Biden and failed Border Czar Kamala Harris refuse to deport dangerous illegal immigrant prisoners once they are released from prison,” she said.
“On top of that, reports last week show possible foreign gang affiliated illegal aliens overtaking apartment complexes in American cities. This administration has made it clear they will not turn over documents showing this dangerous and unlawful scheme in a timely manner. Now, American cities are suffering in a very public way. I will not stand idly by and allow this dereliction of duty, that is why I filed suit today,” she added.
When Moody submitted the original FOIA request in March, she emphasized that the administration “is fully aware” of the fact that prisoners from other countries are entering the U.S. “The Biden administration has full knowledge that prisoners from other countries are making their way into the United States through our wide-open border,” the FOIA request reads. “Now, we are demanding to know reasons why the Biden administration is releasing criminal illegal aliens in U.S. prisons directly into the interior, rather than deporting them back to their country of origin. This reckless scheme could have disastrous and serious repercussions, and the American people deserve to know.”
Florida’s newly filed complaint in the Middle District seeks injunctive relief to obtain records of discussions between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Additionally, Moody aims to determine whether ICE officials refused to take custody of immigrants released from prisons, a claim that has been denied by the agents. The state prosecutor also referenced a recent incident involving the alleged takeover of an apartment complex in Colorado by a “foreign criminal gang,” specifically the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua transnational gang.
