Obama Administration Released Over 600 Illegal Immigrants With Criminal Convictions

The Obama administration released 2,226 immigrant detainees, 617 of whom had criminal convictions.

Sharyl Attkisson, --August 13, 2014

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More than 600 convicted criminals, including felons, were among thousands of illegal immigrants freed under the Obama administration in advance of 2013 budget cuts mandated under sequestration.
That’s according to a new report today from the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security. According to the IG’s report, at least two-dozen “aliens” were released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement even though they were in a “mandatory detention category.” (After an internal review, ICE later redetained them.) More...

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