By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Homeland Security released nearly 20,000 criminal immigrants in 2015, largely because the convicts’ countries wouldn’t take them back.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officials said they often have no choice but to release the criminals back into the U.S. after they serve their time, Newsday reports.
Many of them have been convicted of violent crimes, such as murder and sexual assault.
Some members of Congress criticized ICE for releasing the immigrants.
“What is unacceptable is even one (release). Why did you release even one person?” Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, asked Saldana.
ICE Director Sarah Saldana said her agency is developing a item to alert local authorities when a criminal is released back into society.
Chaffetz said that’s not enough.
“They got caught committing a crime. They were convicted of the crime and instead of following the law and deporting them, you released them … and they commit more crimes,” Chaffetz said. “That is so wholly unacceptable.”
