Obama has released 600 illegal aliens back into this country who already have criminal convictions. Why? Obama blames that evil sequester? Remember that? Obama and Weeper Boehner cut a deal earlier this year to do away with the sequester, but someone forgot to tell Obama.
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More than 600 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions were released by federal authorities in early 2013 in advance of the “sequester” budget cuts, according to a government watchdog report obtained by FoxNews.com.
The report by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General showed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement released “criminal aliens” from jails all over the country as part of a wave of releases in February 2013. The agency came under fire at the time for the decision, which critics described as politically motivated and dangerous.
The report, obtained in advance by FoxNews.com and released late Tuesday morning, found that ICE indeed was trying to address the budget shortfall when leadership moved to sharply reduce the number of people in the detention centers.
But in releasing more than 2,200 detainees, the agency reported it also had sprung 629 with criminal convictions (the agency later lowered that estimate slightly) — some of whom had been nabbed on serious offenses. The report indicated many should not have been released.