The Associated Press is reporting a Department of Homeland Security official has resigned following the decision to release several hundred illegal immigrants from jail due to budget cuts:
BREAKING: Homeland Security official resigns after release of illegal immigrants blamed on budget cuts
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 27, 2013
The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment from TheBlaze.
U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials announced Tuesday it had reviewed “several hundred cases” of immigrants being held and put them on “supervised release” in a cost-cutting effort ahead of federal budget cuts expected to be handed down Friday.
The White House and the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, both said they had no advance knowledge or input into the decision before it was announced.
House Speaker John Boehner blasted ICE’s decision Tuesday, calling it “outrageous.”
“I can’t believe that they can’t find the kind of savings they need out of that department short of letting criminals go free,” Boehner told CBS News.
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