U.S. immigration officials surreptitiously released hundreds of criminal aliens
Hundreds of Detained Illegal Immigrants ReleasedHundreds of Detained Illegal Immigrants Released
According to officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), hundreds of illegal aliens with criminal records for offenses committed in the U.S. were secretly released earlier this year with the rationale that the Obama DHS is preparing to cut ICE's budget, according to ICE data released on Thursday in the midst of three scandals that were "sucking up the oxygen" in most newsrooms.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent prepares for her tour at the Mexican border. ICE and Border Patrol union officials have called Secretary Napolitano incompetent, dishonest and a Democratic Party hack.
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The ICE data reveals that Secretary Napolitano's claim that the releases involved detainees who committed non-violent crimes is just not accurate, said former NYPD detective Manuel Ortega-Sanchez.
According to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., ICE released the figures to him only after officials there were threatened with subpoenas and other legal action.
According to ICE, 2,226 detainees were released in Februrary and more than 620 of them had criminal convictions.
A statement from Sen. McCain's and Sen. Carl Levin, D-MI, said that at lease 32 of illegal aliens released had committed multiple felonies. McCain reported that ICE agents captured 24 of those released after realizing the severity of their criminal offenses.
At the time, Homeland Security Department officials said the decision was made in order to stay within budget. Those detainees released were still said to face deportation and be under supervision. But administration officials downplayed the threat they might pose after leaving the local immigration jails.
In late February, Obama's Press Secretary Jay Carney made a statement that turns out to be untrue: "As ICE made clear, the agency released these low-risk, non-criminal detainees under a less expensive form of monitoring to ensure detention levels stayed within ICE's overall budget." [Emphasis added]
"Carney has always been truth-challenged in his capacity as President Obama's mouthpiece. The man should be ashamed of himself," said Det. Ortega-Sanchez.
The offenses committed by the released criminal aliens includes driving under the influence, menacing, and vandalism of private property. Others were convicted of illegal possess of a firearm, possession of drugs with the intent to sell, burglary, robbery and grand larceny.
Jim Kouri, Law Enforcement Examiner
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