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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

DHS Official Retires After Immigrants Are Freed

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The senior Homeland Security Department official in charge of arresting and deporting illegal immigrants announced his retirement the same day the agency said that hundreds of people facing deportation had been released from immigration jails due to looming budget cuts, according to a letter obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. The government said he had told his bosses weeks ago that he planned to retire.

Gary Mead, executive associate director over enforcement and removal operations at Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, disclosed his departure in an email to his staff Tuesday afternoon. The announcement of the release of the illegal immigrants had come earlier in the day.

President Barack Obama's spokesman, Jay Carney, said Wednesday that the decision to release the immigrants was made without any input from the White House. He described the immigrants as "low-risk, non-criminal detainees."

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

And this is why I'll never turn in my guns. And to all you newly freed convicts we on the eastern shore love our guns and have lots of them. On the other hand the people on the other side of the bay hate guns and don't have any.

Anonymous said...

"I don't think we can maintain the same level of security at all places around the country with sequester as without sequester," said Napolitano, adding that the impact would be "like a rolling ball. It will keep growing."

Does this mean you all will have to stop the raids on important things like raw milk producers in California or little old ladies smoking weed for medical reasons in Fla?? Cry me a river, Big Sis

Anonymous said...

The man has pride in his job, but Obama took that away. He was doing his job and was kicked in the ass for it. I know the feeling. I was working for a local utility company in marketing and public relations. I did my job but was kicked in the ass because I didn't suck up to a boss who had no clue of the concerns of the customers. J.C.R Delmar.

Anonymous said...

He got out while the getting was good. Oblunder and Jozo the bozo and their dumbocrat friends have ruined the united states.

Anonymous said...

Wow. "Low risk, non-criminal detainees." Last time I checked, breaking the law made you a criminal.

Anonymous said...

Every government official with a conscious under this evil administration needs to quit, retire, rebel or begin planning the revolt and overthrow of this law breaking thug. (Oh yes I know Carney said they didn't have anything to do with it, we can always believe the White House)

Anonymous said...

Maybe he can be the next Pope.