THIS ILLEGAL RELEASE
PROCESS WILL BE THE NEXT V.A. SCANDAL!! WHERE ARE THE
HOMELAND SECURITY EMPLOYEE WHISTLEBLOWERS?
Central American
migrants in Texas flown to Arizona and released
By David Schwartz
(Reuters)
- Authorities flew 400 people suspected of entering the United States illegally
to Arizona over the weekend and released them at bus stops because detention
facilities were full after a surge in migrants, U.S. officials said on
Thursday.
Over the
past month, detention facilities in Texas overflowed with migrants for the
first time as a large influx of Central Americans crossed the border into the Rio Grande Valley , said Andy Adame, a U.S. Border
Patrol spokesman in Tucson , Arizona .
“We have
enough manpower, it’s due to detention space,” Adame said in explaining why the
immigrants, mostly families with young children, were sent to Arizona .
Many
Republicans in Congress and some state lawmakers say the federal government is
not doing enough to secure the U.S. southern border, while a number of
groups push for policy reform to allow the roughly 11 million undocumented
immigrants in the country to obtain a pathway to U.S. citizenship.
Many
people who cross the border illegally from Mexico are quickly returned by the U.S.
Border Patrol, but those from Central America and other regions are supposed to be transferred to
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) so they can be flown home.
The 400
migrants who crossed into Texas were transferred into the custody
of ICE and released, dropped off at bus stops in Tucson and Phoenix , according to that agency.
Immigration
and Customs Enforcement said the migrants will be required to report within 15
days to an agency office near where they were dropped off, and their cases will
then be handled based on immigration enforcement priorities.
Federal
officials under President Barack Obama have focused their immigration
enforcement priorities on turning back unauthorized immigrants stopped in
border regions and deporting others outside of those areas who are convicted of
crimes.
On
Tuesday, Obama asked his administration to hold off on making changes to
deportation policy until the end of the summer in order to allow Congress time
to pass immigration legislation.
Ira
Mehlman, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which
calls for restrictions on immigration, said the released migrants will likely
slip away and avoid deportation if they do not commit any crime.
"Essentially,
they have gotten successfully into the country and it's unlikely that they're
going to leave,” Mehlman said.
DHS Employees: Don't be
part of the problem. Blow these decision makers in!!
Ben Ferro
benferro@insideins.com