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   The Venezuelan migrant accused of shooting two NYPD cops during the early   
   hours of Monday morning crossed into the US illegally last year, but the   
   case against him has already been dismissed, The Post can exclusively   
   reveal.   
      
   Bernardo Castro Mata, 19 — who shot one officer in the chest and another   
   in the leg after they attempted to stop his moped in Queens — had a   
   hearing in Chicago on May 6 where an immigration judge closed his case,   
   according to ICE sources.   
      
   The information emerged less than 24 hours after The Post exposed the   
   Biden administration’s dismissal of asylum cases and deportation orders   
   against 350,000 migrants because they didn’t have criminal records or   
   aren’t deemed national security threats.   
      
   Those migrants are also under no obligation to leave the country and are   
   no longer monitored by Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] — making   
   them undocumented.   
      
   “The Biden administration is allowing foreigners to violate our   
   immigration laws at every possible opportunity, with no finality, no real   
   resolution of their cases.   
      
   “This is just the latest example proving that the government does not have   
   the capacity to adequately vet large numbers of people randomly pouring   
   across our borders,” former ICE chief of staff Jon Feere, who is now at   
   the Center for Immigration Studies, told The Post.   
      
   Mata illegally crossed the border into Eagle Pass, Texas, where he was   
   caught and arrested but later released in July 2023.   
      
   The Venezuelan national failed to provide an address to authorities, which   
   assigned him an immigration court in Chicago for proceedings, according to   
   an ICE source.   
      
   ICE didn’t respond to The Post when reached for comment about Mata’s case.   
      
   The sweeping closing of cases by the Biden admin means the migrants are   
   not granted or denied asylum but their case is removed from immigration   
   courts altogether.   
      
   Once cases are closed, the subject is no longer in “removal proceedings”   
   to deport them, which is the government’s default position for all   
   migrants admitted at the border.   
      
   Such migrants can’t apply for benefits, financial aid, a work permit or   
   vote in elections, immigration lawyers have told The Post. However, once a   
   case is terminated they can reapply for asylum or seek other forms of   
   legal status in the US.   
      
   A 2022 memo issued by ICE’s principal legal adviser, Kerry Doyle, and seen   
   by The Post instructed prosecutors at the agency to permit case   
   terminations for migrants who aren’t deemed national security threats.   
      
   Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is poised to issue an executive order to   
   close the southern border once the number of migrant crossings reaches a   
   certain number per day, of either 2,500 or 4,000 according to sources.   
      
   Federal authorities recorded a daily average of 5,990 crossings in April,   
   excluding “gotaways” who sneaked over the border and into the US, escaping   
   apprehension.   
      
   Feere, however, said the order is too late and the damage to Americans’   
   safety has already been done.   
      
   “The Biden administration doesn’t seem to care much about the fallout from   
   their open border policies, with their apparent goal of trying to   
   legitimize this chaos through executive order.   
      
   “If they wanted less illegal immigration and fewer problematic people   
   coming here, they’d be increasing deportations and invoking harsh   
   penalties on foreigners who game the system.   
      
   “Instead, they continue to welcome the lawlessness and the subsequent harm   
   to American society,” Feere said.   
      
   In addition to allegedly shooting the two NYPD officers, Mata is suspected   
   of helping to attack two women — one of whom was slugged in the face —   
   during a pair of snatch-and-grab robberies days before, police and sources   
   said.   
      
   “The patterns that we’re looking at currently in Queens that he’s involved   
   with involve phone snatches and instances where a woman was attacked, her   
   credit card was stolen and eventually used in a Queens smoke shop,’’ NYPD   
   Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told reporters after Monday’s police   
   shooting.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2024/06/03/us-news/bernardo-castro-matas-immigration-   
   case-closed-before-cop-shooting/   
      
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