DHS released more than 100,000 illegal immigrants at the border in April

Homeland Security released more than 100,000 illegal immigrants caught at the border in April, according to new numbers the department provided to a federal judge Monday.

Customs and Border Protection, the agency that oversees U.S. boundaries, reported nabbing more than 230,000 border jumpers, marking the highest level of illegal activity yet under President Biden.

Experts said that’s the highest rate in history.

About half of those were quickly released, according to the data provided to the court.

About 20,000 others were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the deportation agency, but just 263 of those were actually deported in April, the government said.

Nearly 8,000 more were released into communities, while the rest were still being held at the end of the month.

America First Legal, a conservative group staffed with senior officials from the administration of former President Trump, said when all the border releases are combined dating back to Mr. Biden’s early days in office, nearly 1 million migrants have now been caught and released into the country.

“These numbers are a stark depiction of how Biden has thrown open America’s borders,” said Stephen Miller, president of AFL and an architect of the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

The new filings came as part of an ongoing court case over the “Remain in Mexico” policy, which the Trump administration used to solve the previous border surge in 2019.

Mr. Biden had his administration cancel the policy upon taking office, but a judge said too many corners were cut. The judge has ordered the administration to revive the program, officially known as the Migrant Protection Protocols.