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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1106910" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2013/03/14/obama-admin-hey-remember-when-we-said-we-only-released-a-few-hundred-illegal-immigrant-detainees-due-to-sequester-cuts-yeah-it-was-more-like-2228/" target="_blank">Obama Admin: Hey, Remember When We Said We Only Released A “Few Hundred” Illegal Immigrant Detainees Due To Sequester Cuts? Yeah, It Was More Like 2,228…</a><a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/illegal-immigrants-released-88871.html" target="_blank">WASHINGTON (AP)</a> – </p><p></p><p>The Obama administration reversed itself Thursday, acknowledging to Congress that it had, in fact, released more than 2,000 illegal immigrants from immigration jails due to budget constraints during three weeks in February.</p><p></p><p>The director of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, John Morton, said his agency had released 2,228 illegal immigrants during that period for what he called “solely budgetary reasons.”</p><p> The figure was significantly higher than the “few hundred” immigrants the Obama administration had publicly acknowledged were released under the budget-savings process. He testified during a hearing by a House appropriations subcommittee.</p><p></p><p>Morton told lawmakers Thursday that the decision to release the immigrants was not discussed in advance with political appointees, including those in the White House or Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. He said the pending automatic cuts known as sequestration was “driving in the background.”</p><p></p><p>“We were trying to live within the budget that Congress had provided us,” Morton told lawmakers. “This was not a White House call. I take full responsibility.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1106910, member: 1246"] [URL="http://weaselzippers.us/2013/03/14/obama-admin-hey-remember-when-we-said-we-only-released-a-few-hundred-illegal-immigrant-detainees-due-to-sequester-cuts-yeah-it-was-more-like-2228/"]Obama Admin: Hey, Remember When We Said We Only Released A “Few Hundred” Illegal Immigrant Detainees Due To Sequester Cuts? Yeah, It Was More Like 2,228…[/URL][URL="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/illegal-immigrants-released-88871.html"]WASHINGTON (AP)[/URL] – The Obama administration reversed itself Thursday, acknowledging to Congress that it had, in fact, released more than 2,000 illegal immigrants from immigration jails due to budget constraints during three weeks in February. The director of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, John Morton, said his agency had released 2,228 illegal immigrants during that period for what he called “solely budgetary reasons.” The figure was significantly higher than the “few hundred” immigrants the Obama administration had publicly acknowledged were released under the budget-savings process. He testified during a hearing by a House appropriations subcommittee. Morton told lawmakers Thursday that the decision to release the immigrants was not discussed in advance with political appointees, including those in the White House or Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. He said the pending automatic cuts known as sequestration was “driving in the background.” “We were trying to live within the budget that Congress had provided us,” Morton told lawmakers. “This was not a White House call. I take full responsibility.” [/QUOTE]
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