Moody warns media against ‘migration is down more than 90%’ claim from Biden administration

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (FLV) – Attorney General Ashley Moody warned the media against using a “false narrative” from Biden administration regarding illegal immigration “coming down 90%.”

“If any media outlet pushes this false narrative from KJP that illegal migration is down more than 90%, they are complicit in an outright fabrication and a scam on the American public,” Moody said on Twitter Tuesday.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre made the comments during a press conference Monday.

“He has tools that he’s used to to make sure that we do this. We actually deal with the immigration system in a humane way, in a way that is that actually deals with what we’re seeing at the border and that’s why you’ve seen the parole program be so successful. When it comes to illegal migration, you’ve seen it come down by more than 90%. And that’s because of this act, the actions that this President has taken,” Jean-Pierre said.

Moody went further, calling Biden’s parole program a “scam.”

“@JoeBiden’s parole program is not just unlawful, it is a laundering scheme. The whole point is to move illegal immigrants into the program so they can sell the lie that illegal immigration is down. It is a scam,” Moody said.

In January, Moody joined a multi-state legal filing against President Joe Biden’s administration for a new border policy that would allow up to 30,000 migrants per month to legally enter the country.

Biden and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the measure earlier in January. It would allow up to 30,000 people to apply for “advance authorization” to enter for up to two years with permission to work.

The parole program is set for citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

“As we prepared to take Biden to court over his unlawful catch-and-release policies, the president announced yet another reckless attempt to continue flooding the country with massive waves of illegal immigrants,” Moody said.

“Biden’s new solution to his self-created crisis at the border is to allow illegal immigrants to travel directly into the interior of the country without crossing the southern border—in direct violation of federal law,” Moody said.

The complaint against the parole program argues that the program from the DHS “is not case-by-case, is not for urgent humanitarian reasons, and advances no significant public benefit.”

“It amounts to the creation of a new visa program that allows hundreds of thousands of aliens to enter the United States who otherwise have no basis for doing so,” it said.

Attorneys general from Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming argued the program violates limitations set by Congress for the president.

They also argued the Biden administration did not engage in the “usual notice and comment rulemaking process required by law.”

Moody sued Biden earlier in January for the border crisis, saying “unlawful immigration policies” are creating “chaos” at the southwestern border.