Kerry Doyle currently serves as acting deputy general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security. This appointment comes even with Doyle’s known history as a critic of DHS who has even taken legal action against the agency: (source)

“The Biden administration has appointed seasoned Boston immigration attorney Kerry Doyle to become its immigration enforcement agency’s top prosecutor. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials confirmed to GBH that Doyle, previously of Graves & Doyle, will be its principal legal advisor. The office she will lead is the largest legal program within the Department of Homeland Security, with over 1,250 attorneys and 290 support personnel. The Office of the Principal Legal Advisor sends its prosecutors to litigate deportation cases before the Executive Office for immigration Review, the body that oversees the nation’s immigration courts. Doyle has been an outspoken critic of the agency and has led many lawsuits against it.”

A few months ago, it was reported that the ICE Office of the Principle Legal Advisor, which Doyle oversees, had closed over 300,000 active removal cases. These cases are all individuals who crossed the border illegally and for whom the Secretary had stated repeatedly that there will be consequences if they are determined to not have a lawful basis to remain. Now, these “consequences” are nowhere to be seen.

This completely undercuts the entire immigration enforcement system, as these individuals were among those that were overwhelming CBP and disrupted processing at the border, which allowed the cartels to further flourish and expand their operations.

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Doyle has a long and troubling career of being an advocate for aliens who came to the United States illegally.  She even brags about it on her LinkedIn profile.

The firm engaged in impact litigation on mandatory detention, motions to reopen and against the Muslim Travel Ban. (source)

Through her prior legal practice in Boston, Ms. Doyle worked closely with the leftist Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition and the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute to provide technical assistance and public testimony on immigration-related policy issues before the state legislature and the Boston City Council.

MIRA is the largest coalition in New England promoting the rights and integration of immigrants and refugees. We have worked to secure millions of dollars in state funding for programs that support the social, civic and economic integration of immigrants and refugees. We advocate for progressive policies at the state, local and national levels, and fight to defeat anti-immigrant measures. (source)

Her law firm was additionally one of the many which co-filed a 2017 federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump with the American Civil Liberties Union, after he banned entry to the U.S. from several countries known as hot spots for terrorism.

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