US to consider mass release of detained migrants over budget woes

[~Elizabeth~]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68296878

Excerpt:

A senior US immigration official has said that authorities plan to release thousands of migrants from detention amid a severe budget crunch.

The official from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told CBS, the BBC's US partner, that between 4,000 and 6,000 migrants could be released.

A bipartisan border bill that would have funded immigration detentions collapsed last week.

More than 6.3 million migrants have entered the US illegally since 2021.

ICE is currently holding about 38,000 migrants in long-term detention facilities.

The bipartisan border bill that faltered due to Republican opposition last week would have earmarked $7.6bn (£6bn) for ICE, including an additional $3.2bn for detention capacity that would have boosted the agency's ability to house detainees by several thousand beds.

According to the Washington Post - which first reported the story - the bill's collapse prompted ICE officials to circulate an internal proposal to slash costs by cutting detentions from 38,000 to 22,000.

While the proposal would see some of the migrants deported back to their home countries, many would be released into the US, the report added.

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

It's been terrible in NYC. There were even cops beaten up.

Illegal immigration is the most important issue facing the US right now.

[Anglo-Celtic]

It's a planned destruction, and the illegal immigrants are seen as pliable replacements of citizens who left the Democrat plantation. They'll find a way to blame it on Donald Trump, and the dumb sheep (fans of Colbert and "The View") will buy their lies.

[SilverKnight]

..and this is why we have the 2nd amendment..