Steve NeavlingThe Department of Homeland Security has begun to empty out some immigration jails ahead of the looming mandatory budget cuts, the Associated Press reports.
The AP wrote that ICE has reviewed hundreds of cases and began removing an undisclosed number of illegal immigrants, who were “placed on an appropriate, more cost-effective form of supervised release,” ICE spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said.
The agency’s “priority for detention remains on serious criminal offenders and other individuals who pose a significant threat to public safety,” she said.
