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by Bryan Preston
February 26, 2013
Shortly before U.S. troops stormed Iraq to oust its dictator, Saddam Hussein released thousands of prisoners from Iraqi jails. Some were petty criminals, some were hardcore, some were terrorists. Hussein unleashed them to build his own popularity and to sow chaos.
Today, Barack H. Obamas Department of Homeland Security is doing this:
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The PJ Tatler » Barack Obama Pulls a Move Almost Worthy of Saddam Hussein
February 26, 2013
Shortly before U.S. troops stormed Iraq to oust its dictator, Saddam Hussein released thousands of prisoners from Iraqi jails. Some were petty criminals, some were hardcore, some were terrorists. Hussein unleashed them to build his own popularity and to sow chaos.
Today, Barack H. Obamas Department of Homeland Security is doing this:
The sequester is officially still three days away, but the Obama administration already is making the first cuts, with officials confirming that the Homeland Security Department has begun to release what it deems low-priority illegal immigrants from detention.
The move is proving controversial. Immigrant-rights groups say it shows the administration was detaining folks it never should have gone after in the first place, while Republicans questioned the decision-making.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency that runs the detention facilities, said in a statement that the current fiscal climate has forced it to do a review of spending, and part of that is taking a look at who is being detained.
As a result of this review, a number of detained aliens have been released around the country and placed on an appropriate, more cost-effective form of supervised release, ICE said in a statement.
The move is proving controversial. Immigrant-rights groups say it shows the administration was detaining folks it never should have gone after in the first place, while Republicans questioned the decision-making.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency that runs the detention facilities, said in a statement that the current fiscal climate has forced it to do a review of spending, and part of that is taking a look at who is being detained.
As a result of this review, a number of detained aliens have been released around the country and placed on an appropriate, more cost-effective form of supervised release, ICE said in a statement.
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Read more:
The PJ Tatler » Barack Obama Pulls a Move Almost Worthy of Saddam Hussein
