; (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; Whereas, during fiscal year 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection made more than 1,700,000 arrests of illegal immigrants along the international border between the United States and Mexico, which was the highest level ever recorded until more than 2,300,000 illegal immigrants were arrested along such border during fiscal year 2022; Whereas, on April 1, 2022, President Biden announced the termination of a public health policy used to expel potentially infected illegal immigrants during the COVID–19 pandemic (commonly known as title 42 ); Whereas, on September 30, 2021, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued a memorandum titled Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law , which stated that an alien’s illegal status in the United States should not be the sole basis of an enforcement action and prioritized for apprehension and removal aliens who are a threat to national security, public safety, or border security; Whereas, on October 12, 2021, Secretary Mayorkas issued a memorandum titled Worksite Enforcement: The Strategy to Protect the American Labor Market, the Conditions of the American Worksite, and the Dignity of the Individual , which included Department-wide guidance to cease mass worksite operations, among other instructions; Whereas, on October 27, 2021, Secretary Mayorkas issued a memorandum titled Guidelines for Enforcement Actions in or Near Protected Areas , which listed numerous protected areas where the enforcement of Federal immigration law should not occur; Whereas, in May 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrested 239,416 illegal immigrants along the international border between the United States and Mexico, which is the highest number of arrests ever recorded in a single month