The Department of Homeland Security is in the process of releasing about 10,000 of the 34,000 illegal aliens being held by the federal government pending completion of their deportation proceedings. According to DHS, the reason for releasing 30% of all of the illegal aliens is that sequestration will result in the spending at DHS being held to about the same as last year's amount. Even more surprising, DHS has already released thousands of these illegals even though sequestration has not yet begun.
This move needs to be put into perspective. Across the USA, there are detention centers for illegal aliens where these folks have been kept. As a matter of federal policy, the illegals who are detained in these centers are considered dangerous. For the most part, this means that those detained have committed criminal acts wholly unrelated to their immigration status. While not all of these people have been convicted of the crime, they have been accused of committing crimes. The non-criminal element who get rounded up by ICE are usually processed through the system. What this means is that the federal government is releasing 10,000 people who are mostly suspected or actual criminals onto the streets of America because DHS will not get a budget increase this year. Nothing will be cut, but the increase will just not be large. Thirty percent of the bad guys being held by ICE are to be set free on the streets because the increase in the budget is just too small.
This is an outrage. I know that "outrage" is one of those overworked words when applied to government these days. This time, however, "outrage" is probably too tame a word for what is happening. When the first of the criminals released murders someone, will we be told that the crime was the result of sequestration? Or will we be told the truth, that the death was the result of a political stunt pulled by the Obamacrats to make it look like sequestration was a disaster. It seems that the Obamacrats are willing to see Americans die in order to make a political point.
The truth is that DHS does not have to release these folks. It has many other places that it can cut. Indeed, if it were to just cut costs across the board, then maybe a few hundred detainees who are not accused of criminal activity could have been chosen for release. But that is not what happened. Instead the number released is 30% of the total held.
It is worth noting that DHS has not closed any of the detention centers, even temporarily. If it truly wanted to save money, it could close one of these centers and lay off the staff. There would be no labor costs. There would be tremendously reduced costs for utilities. There would be large savings compared to the small savings achieved by releasing a criminal back on the streets.
President Obama, Secretary Napolitano and all the others involved in this travesty deserve to be condemned for their actions. At some point, government officials need to do what is good for America rather than putting the country at risk to win some small political victory. It is a lesson that these folks just have not learned.
This move needs to be put into perspective. Across the USA, there are detention centers for illegal aliens where these folks have been kept. As a matter of federal policy, the illegals who are detained in these centers are considered dangerous. For the most part, this means that those detained have committed criminal acts wholly unrelated to their immigration status. While not all of these people have been convicted of the crime, they have been accused of committing crimes. The non-criminal element who get rounded up by ICE are usually processed through the system. What this means is that the federal government is releasing 10,000 people who are mostly suspected or actual criminals onto the streets of America because DHS will not get a budget increase this year. Nothing will be cut, but the increase will just not be large. Thirty percent of the bad guys being held by ICE are to be set free on the streets because the increase in the budget is just too small.
This is an outrage. I know that "outrage" is one of those overworked words when applied to government these days. This time, however, "outrage" is probably too tame a word for what is happening. When the first of the criminals released murders someone, will we be told that the crime was the result of sequestration? Or will we be told the truth, that the death was the result of a political stunt pulled by the Obamacrats to make it look like sequestration was a disaster. It seems that the Obamacrats are willing to see Americans die in order to make a political point.
The truth is that DHS does not have to release these folks. It has many other places that it can cut. Indeed, if it were to just cut costs across the board, then maybe a few hundred detainees who are not accused of criminal activity could have been chosen for release. But that is not what happened. Instead the number released is 30% of the total held.
It is worth noting that DHS has not closed any of the detention centers, even temporarily. If it truly wanted to save money, it could close one of these centers and lay off the staff. There would be no labor costs. There would be tremendously reduced costs for utilities. There would be large savings compared to the small savings achieved by releasing a criminal back on the streets.
President Obama, Secretary Napolitano and all the others involved in this travesty deserve to be condemned for their actions. At some point, government officials need to do what is good for America rather than putting the country at risk to win some small political victory. It is a lesson that these folks just have not learned.
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