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“There are no mass releases of dangerous criminals underway or any plan for the future, just efforts to live within our budget,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee March 19, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Morton, who was quizzed by another House committee last week, said that only four of the released detainees are “Level One” criminals -- those who pose the highest level of threat – while over 70 percent of the 2,228 individuals released have no criminal record at all. All of the released detainees are still in proceedings for removal from the United States, he added.
Some Republicans have accused the agency of allowing the releases to take place for political reasons after automatic budget sequestration cuts slashed the agency budget by about $300 million.
Morton said Tuesday that the cuts to detention levels were required because he did not want to “rob Peter to pay Paul” within ICE’s reduced budget, testifying that the decision was made by ICE officials without prior communication with Department of Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano.
“I am trying to live within the appropriations that Congress gives us,” he said.
At Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., engages in a tense exchange with ICE Director John Morton about the release of illegal immigrants from detention.
That explanation didn’t satisfy Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C.
“I don’t want Peter or Paul to rob one of our fellow citizens because you guessed wrong on who to release,” Gowdy replied.
While Morton, who has served as the head of ICE since 2009, mostly got a friendly reception from Democrats, he was the target of tough words from Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, a congressional leader on the push for comprehensive immigration reform and a critic of the Obama administration’s deportation policy.
“The fact is, you’ll deport 1400 people today, you’ll deport 1400 people tomorrow and the next day and the next day until we do comprehensive immigration reform,” Gutierrez told Morton, citing record deportation numbers during the ICE director’s tenure. “Two hundred and fifty to 300 American citizen children are going to be left today -- because of your actions and those in your department – without a mom or a dad.”
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Their budget is still greater than it was in 2011... I don't remember these mass releases in 2011. Lies. All lies.
Pig brother's ... I mean ... big brother's self-inflicted wounds?
Why not "release" them at a crossing on the Mexican border with a bayonet pointed at their backs?
Gutierrez told Morton, citing record deportation numbers during the ICE director’s tenure. “Two hundred and fifty to 300 American citizen children are going to be left today -- because of your actions and those in your department – without a mom or a dad.” Mr. Gutierrez, they are welcome to take their children with them if they'd like, no one is forcing them to stay.
Why not just release them on the other side of the border??? Or shoot them. That is "within our budget".
It is politics to increase the pain of the sequester. Why else would you release criminals?
I thought you have learned something from Republican losses in November 2012.
Obviously I am mistaken. Your hostilities show you haven't learned a things.
The more the Obama administration tries to justify the types and places cut as part of the sequester, the more incompetent they appear. First off no department in our federal government has ever cared about living within their budget. Their goal is to spend every penny so they can justify a bigger raise next year. Second, since when has the federal government ever cared about paying their bills on time? They could easily have housed these prisoners on IOU's. Better yet, deport them and the rest of the detainees.
"We have a spending problem! We're out of money! Wait, you can't cut THAT! No, not THAT either! Just shoot them, it's cheaper! You lie! It's all politics! ..."
Yikes.
The only answer is to round up all illegals and throw them out. Period, end of story.
No, we can't get them all out at once, but we cannot allow them to be here illegally. Releasing a bunch of criminals on society? What on earth are they thinking??
Thankfully the ban on assault weapons isn't going to fly (as we knew it wouldn't) and that's good- common people need a way to protect themselves from this incursion from the south, replete with drug dealers and other criminals who are allowed to wander freely in our borders at taxpayer expense!
Morton is an idiot and needs to be fired. All of those illegals should have been deported, not released.
Awwwww. You think Obama is playing politics with sequestration? Were y'all complaining when the House tea party played politics to force sequestration? Obama was right when he said politics ain't beanbag.
Glad to see the border patrol taking cuts. Talk about a waste of money. Hey, I'll bet there's some cuts available in the war on drugs.
So, what everyone is saying is this: Congress spent money and Obama has to enforce the laws that are passed. People get mad at him for spending money that Congress forces him to spend. Congress then demands that Obama cut spending, and then they proceed to cut almost 100 billion from the budget while complaining that they didn't want to, which Obama has to enforce. Then they scream that Obama is cutting activities that agencies do, but are not anymore because it isn't in the budget.
Sounds fair
Obama does not care that these criminals will kill and rob and rape again. He does not care that local law enforcement does not have any clue who and where these criminals are. Obama did this not to cut spending but to screw over American people. That's what you get when you elect a community organizer.
Just a thinly veiled scare tactic to extort tax paying Americans... Fire the whole bunch of them. It shouldn't be too difficult to find people willing to work..., and within a budget.
Morton said Tuesday that the cuts to detention levels were required because he did not want to “rob Peter to pay Paul” within ICE’s reduced budget,
Apparently he doesn't mind robbing the taxpayer though to pay for his near useless agency.
LIAR! another Barry puppet doing what his master says and of course the liberals here on the taxpayer dole believe. Guess those crumbs from the taxpayers is enough to sell your soul and country.
Just more LIES from an Administration whose foremost objective it now is to pander to lawbreakers and their insufferable advocates by pledging rewards and special treatment for immigration lawbreaking! Rather than focusing on the rights of American citizens and LEGAL immigrants (whose rights are being devastated by this pro-immigration-lawbreaking-Presidency) and rather than making it a top priority to create job opportunities and enhance wages, the O Administration is busy jeopardizing the job opportunities for lawabiding American citizens and LEGAL immigrants deteriorating their wages through his pro-amnesty agenda! DISGUSTING!
A recent Reuters poll (reported here on NBC.com) exposed the truth: That the majority of Americans want for ILLEGAL FOREIGN NATIONALS TO BE DEPORTED tout de suite!
WHAT A JOKE !! It was Bush's fault And "I had no where else to turn".
Republicans want to see cuts that "hurt" the American People badly, not sensible cuts.
It doesn't seem reasonable to me that Republicans demand cuts, and then complain about everything that gets cut.
President Obama said closing White House tours saves $76,000 a week, but Republicans are protesting saying that President Obama can't close the White House tours because the White House is the "People's House", but Republicans don't seem to understand it's also the "People's Money" that's being saved.
Republicans ask us to live within our means and then condemn the President for doing exactly that.
TO: djo_34 who wrote:
They are being deported and let out on the other side of the border.
Maybe you should check out more than 1 article per day and you'll find interviews of deportees who are trying to get back in by saying the were brought to the U.S. as children, or that they actually didn't commit any crime, yadda yadda.
Just cut Michelle's wardrobe budget.........
I think those that came here illegal already knew that, however, "illegal" still means "illegal".
TO: Steve-446003 who wrote:
Wardrobes for all 1st Ladies are donated.
Besides, how much cheaper can you get than "J. Crew"?
So they released them before the sequester because of fiscal issues, yea sure. Anyone want to buy this bridge in my back pocket?
TO: honestdebate who wrote:
Are you upset at the thought of illegals being deported?
Hypocrit.
Yawn !
So AG, how exactly do you think the released are going to be tracked? Did they just pinky swear not to run?
Don't be stupid...oh sorry, I forgot some things are impossible for some people.
TO: honestdebate who wrote:
Either Republicans want budget cuts, or they don't.
If you don't want illegals released, then Republicans need to find a way to pay for it.
Oh, I forgot, Republicans don't think they're supposed to pay for anything.
Republicans want to see more homeless Americans by the thousands, they want to see some Americans starving in the street, right?
Republicans are trying to politicize the sequester cuts by trying to condemn everything.
What do you think, you can force cuts and still continue to spend?
‘just efforts to live within our budget' - and that means not doing your job?
Director John
MortonMoron and the Yeti in charge of the DHS (Department of Hopeless Stupidity) should be fired.Oh wow, you went right to a bunch of idiot talking points (which are all lies) to feel good about yourself for being a pathetic liberal who doesn't have a remote grasp of the situation. I'm totally shocked.
FYI dope, they did it before the sequester, as I stated previously, but your lack of education allowed you to comprehend.
Sorry that you are too stupid to see that this was 10000% political.
TO: Valerie-2245184 who wrotee:
That's the same thing Republicans said when George "Curveball" Bush was in the White House.
TO: NH_Shellback who wrote:
Now Republicans want to pretend that budget cuts wouldn't mean job cuts too after Republicans were warned repeatedly?
Are Republicans now trying to pretend that they haven't been calling for "smaller governement".
Republicans really haven't got a clue what they've been calling for and what the consequences would be.
As they say Republicans, "Be careful what you wish for."
The President and staff was forced to let these illegal aliens go, because of all the budget CUTS. You know the government is like a family, you have to make CUTS, you have to shave off expenses and this is what the government did to trim it's budget.
I do not think them SEQUESTERS will be working out well for everyone, maybe we should rethink how we trim the budget, you know like any wise family would do, you do not just CUT,CUT, CUT, you have to make wise deliberate cuts. Otherwise shi* may BACKFIRE! OOPS THERE IT IS, now let us welcome 12-20 million new VOTERS!!! OOPS THERE IT IS...
HA'HA'HEE'HEE'HA'HA, now you know they are going right home and make some more pretty BROWN Babies!
Too stupid?... Like 10000% too stupid?... Is that like, so stupid that you don't know that "percent" means "per hundred"?... That stupid?... Noooo. Nobody's THAT stupid.
You whiny subjugants are a hoot!
I'm sorry... What I just said was clearly 10000 per hundred politically motivated. I learnt it on the interwebs and sorda falled in with the rong crowd...
TO: honestdebate who wrote:
I know this, we are in charge, so you can shut your pie hole and take what you get, since the GOP is too weak kneed and afraid to participate.
TO: ryiann who wrote:
I guess that's why Republicans bailed out, they couldn't put one good idea between them all, and left the heavy lifting to the Democrats.
Must be why that waste of semen Harry Reid dropped the "assault rifle" ban????
Please explain that tough girl, lol. Give me more pathetic talking points.
Morton should be FIRED immediately.
Unbelievable that Morton, and his superior Napolitano, couldn't find cuts in other areas instead of releasing FELONS on the streets.
Good timing by ICE though.......now the FELONS have time to file their IRS income taxes using their ITIN and claiming the additional Child Tax Credit for children, NOT THEIRS, living in Mexico and costing the American taxpayers about $ 2,500,000,000 per year.
How about getting out of the DHS's Food Service Program.....FOR DAD GUM EXAMPLE.
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The only thing the
DemocratsProgressives can "heavy lift" is the cow poop under the Progressive mushrooms.ido
Maybe you should read about the sequester law. The law states that an agency cannot move money around. The House (repubs) want to pass a bill that will allow the DOD to move money around so that their favorite contractors will not be cut.
What? They have a budget?
We have a bigger budget than last year and the Sequestration cuts have not kicked in yet so let's release some illegals. Let's add this to the list of this administration's political ploys and schemes to manipulate public opinion to blame Republicans:
No White House tours
Letters going to military service personnel, before the Sequestration went into effect, telling them of pay cuts
Letters going out to the unemployed letting them know their unemployment benefits are going to be reduced
Releasing thousands of illegals prior to the Sequestration going into effect
It's really sad that the Left has a win at any cost attitude when it comes to their ideological agenda even when the cost is the health, well-being, and safety of US citizens, their children, and families. They have absolutely no shame.
By the way. I'm not a Republican.
Two hundred and fifty to 300 American citizen children are going to be left today -- because of your actions and those in your department – without a mom or a dad.”
Not really sure why that is the fault of our country. Maybe the parents should take responsibility for their actions? Oh... that's right, according to the left, the takers and illegals don't have to take responsibility for anything.
Do you have a source for your information. I will not quote Fox News, because I know how much you despise them, but maybe you will believe USA Today who reported the following:
A lot of you on here are misinformed about the whole deportation issue. Let me set straight some of the misinformation here:
Homeland Security asks Congress for $141 per person per night to detain someone tagged as illegal. Comes up to roughly $51,000 per person per year. That's taxpayer money; let me make that clear.
Private for-profit deportation camps warehouse these people for between $40 and $90 a night-- $14,000-$32,000 a year. Homeland Security keeps the rest.This is added into their budget along with money from the sales of the confiscated personal belongings from those being deported-- it's called 'civil asset forfeiture'; when you go into a deportation camp they take everything you own and sell it at government auction.
Congress passed a law back in 2007 that said Homeland Security has to decide on a detainee's case within six months--Homeland Security routinely ignores this law; there have been documented reports of people held for up to five years.
An immigration detainee with no criminal record and/or who is determined to pose no threat to the public can be released with an ankle monitoring bracelet--they also have curfews, movement restrictions and required check-ins with a federal parole officer. That costs an average of $30 a week. As many of these non-criminal detainees can legally work in the US, they can find employment with approved employers who report to Homeland Security on the employee's attendance and have the cost of the ankle monitoring bracelet and check-ins deducted from their paycheck-- making the detainee responsible for paying for their own monitoring and not the responsibility of the taxpayer until such time as their hearing takes place-- sometimes up to five years.
Keep in mind also that many of the people held on an immigration retainer have broke no laws. Examples:
*children adopted from overseas whose adoptive parents were given falsified papers by crooked adoption agencies who pocketed the money instead of getting real papers- current procedure is to take these children (as young as 18 months) and detain them in Unaccompanied Minor (UAM) deportation camps. There aren't many of these camps and these children sometimes end up across the country from their adoptive parents and the adoptive parents' lawyers, and they don't have the right to Child Protective Services advocates.
*When you show up at a border checkpoint and ask for asylum, you are immediately taken into custody and sent to a camp as an arriving alien. You have committed no crime, you haven't come illegally, you have asylum paperwork in process and are just waiting for a hearing-- which can take up to five years.
* You have come here legally and filled out renewal paperwork for your visa/green card. Your paperwork does not get to the office on time, or it is sent to the wrong department in USCIS, and by the time it gets to where it's supposed to go, your paperwork has missed the filing deadline.You have been tagged as 'illegal' and a deportation order has been issued for you in absentia--without your knowledge; you have no idea until you're picked up as an illegal, you tell them you sent in paperwork, and find out that it missed a deadline.
*A woman was adopted from Germany in the 1940's; Immigration at the time sent a letter to adoptive parents telling them that citizenship was taken care of and they did not have to file. 60+ years later, USCIS discovers their mistake. Instead of allowing the woman to file paperwork to correct Immigration's mistake, she is deported to Germany and will have to remain there for 10 years before her son can apply to bring her back. Her now-90-year-old adoptive parents will never see her alive again.
*An infant was adopted internationally by US citizens, who passed away in a car accident never having told the child she was adopted. USCIS does a routine record search one day, finds out that the adoption paper has been lost from this folder and goes to the child, just turned 18, for a copy. This teen has no idea she was adopted; she is tagged as 'undocumented' and sent to a deportation camp, only for USCIS to find that the child was abandoned as an infant and there is no original birth certificate with country of origin--and so she cannot be deported because there is nowhere to send her. She is told she will remain in deportation until she gives them the missing adoption paper.
There are also cases where someone has been declared a citizen and proved the are legal but immigration continues to hold them:
*The son of a decorated Vietnam veteran, Hector Veloz is a U.S. citizen, but in 2007 immigration officials mistook him for an illegal immigrant and locked him in an Arizona prison for 13 months. Veloz had to prove his citizenship from behind bars. An aunt helped him track down his father's birth certificate and his own, his parents' marriage certificate, his father's school, military and Social Security records. After nine months, a judge determined that he was a citizen, but immigration authorities appealed the decision. He was detained for five more months before he found legal help and a judge ordered his case dropped.
*Mr. Ibarra, 46, was born in Mexico but was raised since infancy in Arizona. In his late 20s he enlisted in the Marines and served three years on active duty, including time in Iraq, before being honorably discharged. On February 23, 2011 Department of Justice adjudicator Richard Phelps ruled in Eloy, Arizona that George Ibarra had by a preponderance of the evidence proven that he is indeed a citizen of the United States. Rather than rely on this determination and apologize to Mr. Ibarra for previously wrongfully deporting him, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is holding Mr. Ibarra in solitary confinement at the Eloy Detention Center, in clear violation of the U.S. Constitution and a memorandum requiring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release anyone with "probative evidence" of U.S. citizenship.
*Hans Joachim Keil was arrested in Dutton in September and accused of being an illegal alien. He was an official representative of Samoa, a current Member of Parliament and a prominent businessman with many family links. He had diverted to Missouri on the way home from trade talks in Brussels where he represented Samoa. “They were going to lock me up for five years plus five years. Five years for impersonating a US citizen and five years for using an illegal US passport. On the day of my arrest when I brought to their attention, that I served in the US military … they threw that out the window and said that I’m an illegal alien and I have no right to be in the United States. They knew I was a Samoan diplomat but they had no regard for my diplomatic passport.”
American Girl - Nice of you to post the latest from the Ministry of Propaganda.
Since when is releasing illegal aliens part of the mission of ICE? I thought the primary mission they spent over $5.7 billion dollars annually on was" to promote homeland security and public safety through the criminal and civil enforcement of federal laws governing border control, customs, trade, and immigration".
Where in that mission statement does it speak to ignoring federal law and releasing illegal aliens convicted of crimes within the borders of the US.
Homeland Security's last reported budget was $98 billion. This is spread out over many departments like TSA, FEMA, the Coast Guard, CBP, ICE, USCIS, the Secret Service, the National Communicatons Center, the National CyberSecurity Office, the Office of Legislative Policy, the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
Many of those tagged 'illegal' have never broken laws nor been convicted of crimes:
An official Immigration and Customs Enforcement database, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, showed a U.S. detainee population of exactly 32,000 on the evening of Jan. 25.
The data show that 18,690 immigrants had no criminal conviction, not even for illegal entry or low-level crimes like trespassing. Substantial numbers of detainees, from 177 countries in the data provided, are not illegal immigrants at all. Many of the longest-term non-criminal detainees are asylum seekers fighting to stay here because they fear being killed in their home country. Others are longtime residents who may be eligible to stay under other criteria, or whose applications for permanent residency were lost or mishandled, the lawyers say.
Based on the amount budgeted for this fiscal year, U.S. taxpayers will pay about $141 a night -- the equivalent of a decent hotel room -- for each immigrant detained, even though paroling them on ankle monitors -- at a budgeted average daily cost of $13 -- has an almost perfect compliance rate, according to ICE's own stats.
And they aren't ignoring the laws, they're actually now getting around to following the laws. Per my post at 1.44:
Congress passed a law back in 2007 that said Homeland Security has to decide on a detainee's case within six months--Homeland Security routinely ignores this law; there have been documented reports of people held for up to five years.
An immigration detainee with no criminal record and/or who is determined to pose no threat to the public can be released with an ankle monitoring bracelet--they also have curfews, movement restrictions and required check-ins with a federal parole officer. That costs an average of $30 a week. As many of these non-criminal detainees can legally work in the US, they can find employment with approved employers who report to Homeland Security on the employee's attendance and have the cost of the ankle monitoring bracelet and check-ins deducted from their paycheck-- making the detainee responsible for paying for their own monitoring and not the responsibility of the taxpayer until such time as their hearing takes place-- sometimes up to five years.
Well the President had the Auto Workers take a nice cut in pay to stay working..... It is time Public Sectors Workers do the same..... Let's say a 20% cross the board Cut in Pay, 50% of insurance cost is paid, and no retirement until 67..... Hey if it is good enough for us it is good enough for them.....
You are contradicting yourself. If they "spend every penny", they are living exactly inside their budget.
And there are more people to deal with.
Correct.
such immigration related and border-related enforcement is now 25% of the entire law enforcement budget...what a waste
ur right dope; who needs borders?
Move to Mexico Pigotry. Maybe the government will give you a free phone or something.
What do you care if we keep letting illegal in our country... it isn't like you are paying for them.
But I am.
The Cartels are who bring more than 80% of the illegal guns into this country pig but djo is right, why would you care about that. All you care about is backing your party 100% on any decision regardless of how it impacts the US or its citizens negatively or positively because you are a loyalist.
When Hollywood put that 2012 campaign ad out on TV that said "I will be a servant to the President" you believed it hook, line and sinker. Never once did any of you libs think the Constitution and all the rights afforded by it was important did you? You consistently piss on them in favor of whatever decision Obama and the current administration decides upon right or wrong.
yes pigotry, what a waste...
IN THE MEAN TIME THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAS 53 JOB POSTINGS - you rail against the GOP, but this is your party piggy, Obama is playing politics - try to defend this:
https://www.usajobs.gov/JobSearch/Search/GetResults?Keyword=immigration&Location=Washington+DC%2C+District+of+Columbia&search.x=52&search.y=22&AutoCompleteSelected=true
It is a shame that illegals force us to waste that money by defending our country.
pigidiot-you must be an illegal lover over Americans-they are getting better treatment than citizens of America. Why else would you comment the way you do? (no i am not racist....although i will be accused of it)
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the funny thing is the Left is now "the Man, the PIGS"...ETC
lol
Folwnj, Republicans had the opportunity to make recommendations for the cuts they wanted, but they're too afraid of "responsibility" so they left the cuts up to the Democrats.
Now Republicans want to do nothing, and complain about everything.
Republicans want to do nothing because there is NOTHING of value coming from the Democrats. Honestly Feinstein has put out worthless bills that serve her interests and that is your claim to fame? That is utterly pathetic
The games Boboo plays. Anything for a headline.
Dems will pay a heavy price for this next election
I don't think it was the Democratic Party that's been pushing for massive austerity. You can't demand huge spending cuts without cutting something. It's common sense. Thanks to Republicans, we are now duplicating exactly what Italy and Greece tried to do.
Clotho - Seriously the Republicans are not in charge and Obama doesn't even have a budget. How lame!
As clotho marches onward through the fog...
clotho - you called a reduction in increases "massive austerity" - amazing!
We are spending more in 2013 than we did in 2011... THERE WAS A CUT IN THE RATE OF GROWTH. Please read. Why is it that we could detain these people last year, but now all of a sudden we cannot - how did we afford it last year.
Didn't "clotho" get the memo? It's not a spending cut. They have the same budget they had last year, without an INCREASE in spending. BTW "clotho", Mr. Obama's buddy Jack Lew was the primary architect behind the sequestration, but of course, it's still them pesky Republicans fault...and Bush's too!
TO: Valerie-2245184 who wrotee:
That's the same thing Republicans said when George "Curveball" Bush was in the White House.
people who think border enforcement is a "waste" should be required to pay extra for the cost of illegals.
nah that means they would be able to stay
actually just deport any American PIG that doesnt support enforcement on the border
is there ANYTHING our idiot President wont play politics with?
I seriously doubt it.
Look, the circle jerk is here! Aww what's the matter? You wanted cuts didn't you? Sureuly your not wanting something for nothing, that would be freeloading!
Isn't this the smaller government that the RWNJs have been screaming for?
If you mean what tax payers are screaming for..., then yes. Unfortunately, the government hasn't gotten smaller. They are simply playing games hoping to garner support for big spending.
Shellie,
I've been seeing your low value posts pop up quite a bit more these days, especially when it's on a subject fisty redhead won't touch. Do you work in her office, too?
It's already been shown that the sequester was the administration's idea. Since Obama brought the knife and stuck it in his own chest, why do you insist on trying to make it a Republican issue? We did need the cuts, and since it could only come under duress, so be it. Instead of releasing these illegal immigrant criminals into the population, why didn't they just deport them? All they needed was a ride to the border.
Clotho if the Dems would defend the US as the Federal Gov't is supposed to do, we wouldn't have jails full of illegals.
TO: FOLWNJ who wrote:
Who's "playing politics"? Republicans demanded cuts, now you're getting them.
Republicans also demanded that the President make the choices on what the cuts will be because the GOP is incapable of taking responsibility for anything and thought that forcing the President to make cuts would hurt the President in the eyes of the American People, and Republicans, as usual, are simply wrong again.
I think Republicans are complaining and they are very disappointed because Republicans want our Social Security money, and they're not getting it.
The problem with sequester is that there is NO language in the law that allowys moving money from one department/program to another. There is strict language that ALL departments must have a certain % reduction. Thus the release of "criminals" was predetermined. Oh, BTW, the release of detainees was from privatized jails, not federal or state controled jails. The reprubilcans privatized many of the federal jails. These private jails did the releases. Google it.
Right. Whatever you say. Bottom line, is it was a political "statement" just like furloughing 800,000 federal civilians within DoD, which was announced today by the Stars and Stripes.
Military has never been a priority and neither are the federal civilians who keep things going right alongside the military. We too, are a political pawn.
When PIGS FLY I will believe this guy! Obama has push, demanded, for this this to happen since day ONE of his dictatorship, er, I mean presidency.
TO: Steven100 who wrote:
You must be on drugs, the President has said all along that the economy was too fragile to make big cuts, but Republicans insisted.
There are no big cuts. Spending on budget increases is reduced. The amount of monies spent is still higher than previous!
The conservative right today in a mass news conference blamed Obama for the crucifixion....more news at eleven
...what an abysmal failure this clown Obozo is......we will spend the next three years watching this incompetents administration crumble around his clay feet.....America will rebuild after we get rid of this POS.....Americans will not allow Obumbler to destroy their country....
TO: nycguy who wrote:
That's why the GOP talks to it's followers like they're total idiots, because they are.
....I'll bet you say that to all your friends down at the local welfare office....
can they at least get the number of people released correct?
Meanwhile, Fat azzed Moochelle blows tens of millions on luxury vacations for her and her leech friends.
These people are beneath contempt and should be in prison.
Awwww....poor little lies.....jealous?...envy?
Suck it up and deal with it.
Poor little girls can't stand what they ask for. Especially when President Obama gives it to them. There's no bigger sissy than a right wing scrub.
Thank God it was only 4 level 1 offenders! I'm being sarcastic for anyone who doesn't understand how to read sarcasm.
Informed , didn't you mean to say, so far.
seriously! And people wonder why we are angry?
There would be riots in the streets if GWB had done this. So if one of these released ILLEGAL ALIENS kills someone can that family sue the government ?
Cannot sue Obama for deliberately placing American lives in harms way.
Georgie would never have placed them in custody in the first place braniac. They were all busy mowing his friends lawns and tending their abandoned children.
It is interesting that suddenly people find things that the Federal government does that they feel is necessary. they sure miss it when it is gone.
The government should have deported them in the first place. If the government would do its job, we would not have jails full of illegal criminals
Well, according to ole "Bug Eye" Napolitano, our borders have never been more secure! What an @$$clown.
Republicans have developed and nurtured the free-loading gene and passed it freely amongst themselves through inbreeding... Time to pay up, free-loaders!
We want 5%!!! Oh no.... Not THAT 5%!!!.... Following months of empty deliberation of course.
Obama why don't you turn all them loose not just a few thousand and while you at it turn some the dope heads loose to might give you a little more spending money.
Mandatory E-Verify for every business and employee in the country will fix the problem for NOTHING.
90 day implementation period. After 90-days the company of anyone not E-Verified will be subject to a $1,000 per day fine.
Watch how fast the illegals would clear out if they couldn't work. No need for billions of dollars to remove the illegals - most all of them would voluntarily self-deport, leaving a much more manageable number for ICE to find and remove.
I know there is much less graft for those in ICE and the administration to work off of but that is the most efficient way to fix the problem - which is why it will never happen.
NBC - Please get to the bottom of Benghazi. Interview the man in jail who made the movie that Rice and Hillary and the White House blatantly lied about. Where are the murderers and terrorists that plotted this evil deed and how can you let Obama get away with a racist statement calling these four white Americans 'bumps in the road'. How racist and offensive and arrogant. Interview the survivors. Try reporting the truth for once.
That is no less than a dump truck sized pile of steaming dog feces... Government trying to live within its budget..., BS.
Release them 12 miles off our shores.
Sure they did. Wink Wink. Yeah, that's the ticket.
The Obama administration has no intention of implementing the sequester in good faith. He talks a good game about not "kicking the can down the road," but when it comes right down to it, he has no intention of making good on that claim. He wants more taxes (and he already got some of them). But he has absolutely no interest in hunkering down with his department heads, rolling up his sleeves, and making reasoned spending cuts and efficiency improvements that would comply with the sequester. That would be contrary to his overall strategy of blaming the evil "millionares and billionares" for the nations ills.
Even with the sequester, total federal spending in 2013 will exceed 2012, and agency discretionary spending will still be greater than 2008 levels. In a time of very low inflation, these "cuts" are no more than slivers or pinpricks. The average American family has had to weather far greater income reductions in that time.
Rather than spread these modest cuts as widely and broadly as possible, the cuts will come down in the ugliest and most public manner possible. No more Blue Angels. No more Thunderbirds. Furloughs for civilian D.o.D. employees. No more White House tours. Cancel the Easter Egg Roll. I bet Obama will cancel Fourth of July festivities in Washington, too.
"Just efforts to live within our budget?" says Mr. Morton after releasing 2,000 illegal aliens? This man should be fired. He doesn't deserve the public trust.
Right. It wasn't political. And bears don't, ah, sleep in the woods.