; Whereas, on February 6, 2021, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken suspended and terminated the Asylum Cooperative Agreements with the Governments of El Salvador, of Guatemala, and of Honduras; Whereas, in March 2022, the Department of Homeland Security began implementing the interim final rule titled Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers which authorizes U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to consider the asylum applications of individuals subject to expedited removal and violates the law enacted by Congress that requires asylum seekers to offer evidence to persuade a judge in an immigration court; Whereas, in August 2022, the Department of Homeland Security terminated the Migrant Protection Protocols (commonly known as the Remain in Mexico policy), which required aliens with pending asylum claims to wait in Mexico; Whereas, during fiscal year 2021, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement executed 59,000 deportations, which represents the lowest number of deportations since fiscal year 2008, and fewer than 1/3 as many deportations as the number of people who were deported during fiscal year 2020, and is significantly lower than the 226,000 to 410,000 removals that occurred every fiscal year since 2008; Whereas, during fiscal year 2021, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— (1) arrested 48 percent fewer convicted criminals than had been arrested during the prior fiscal year; (2) deported 63 percent fewer criminals than had been deported in the prior fiscal year; and (3) issued 56 percent fewer detainer requests to local authorities than had been issued in the prior fiscal year