Feds Free Hundreds From Immigration Detention
By Alan Gomez, USA Today
Republicans on Tuesday denounced the release of hundreds of illegal immigrants from federal detention centers as an attempt to frighten Americans into supporting President Obama’s budget spending demands.
Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee,said it was “abhorrent” that Obama would release lawbreakers “to promote his political agenda on sequestration.” He suggested the release was merely a way to pressure Republicans to vote his way.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement press secretary Barbara Gonzalez said the agency is not dropping deportation proceedings against “several hundred cases” of detainees who have been released. But because of the “fiscal uncertainty” hovering over the federal government, she said it was necessary to release them “to ensure detention levels stay within ICE’s current budget.”
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