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Saturday, August 22, 2015

FREEBEACON: DHS Kept Secret the Release Of Violent Criminal Illegal Immigrants

Local law enforcement ‘perplexed’ over controversial policy

Unidentified illegal immigrant / AP

BY: Adam Kredo
August 21, 2015 2:50 pm

Obama administration officials only began notifying local law enforcement officials of the release of violent criminal illegal immigrants within the last two weeks, according to Arizona law enforcement officials, who say they have for years been kept in the dark about the release of illegal immigrants back into local towns.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had been keeping secret its release of illegal immigrants with violent criminal records from local law enforcement for at least two years, denying for a time that this was taking place, law enforcement officials disclosed to the Washington Free Beacon.

The public disclosure of this practice, in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) frees criminal illegal immigrants back into U.S. communities, came to light earlier this week, when Arizona law enforcement was made aware that three illegal aliens with violent criminal records had been released back onto the streets.

Local law enforcement officials and members of Congress have expressed outrage over the practice and have petitioned DHS in recent days to end a policy they described as “catch and release.”

A MUST READ: http://freebeacon.com/national-security/dhs-kept-secret-the-release-of-violent-criminal-illegal-immigrants/