Posted on 08/12/2014 10:59:07 AM PDT by jazusamo
The Obama administration broke the law when it released thousands of illegal immigrants, more than 600 of whom had criminal records, last February as a result of poor planning and micromanagement from Washington, according to an internal audit released Tuesday that says things have not improved in the 18 months since.
Compounding matters, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) gave bad information to Congress, initially blaming the looming budget sequester, rather than the agency's own budget pressures, the Homeland Security inspector general concluded.
In the new report the IG does clear top Homeland Security officials of accusations they pressured ICE to do the releases in order to create more pain from the sequesters. Instead, investigators said the problems lay at the senior levels of ICE, itself, finding that top officials botched planning, didn't inform their own superiors of the problems, and didn't even know the law required them to hold 34,000 immigrants a day until they were reminded of it by congressional staffers.
"In this single action, ICE undermined its own credibility, the rule of law, and the safety of Americans and local law enforcement," said Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican who requested the report along with Sen. John McCain. "This report provides more evidence that our nation's immigration laws are being flagrantly disregarded. Americans need to be assured the problems within ICE that led to the dangerous release of illegal aliens will be fixed and DHS and ICE will never again violate the law by releasing known criminals into our streets."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
and who will be held accountable?
Up is down.....good is bad....black is white....morality is immorality.....we are FINISHED as a country.
There is no law anymore, just confiscatory taxes under the guise of financial penalty and fines (revenue tickets).
There is no law anymore
Not true; the law still applies to Conservatives, just not to the libs.
Oh ,look , another member of the OCG(Obama Criminal Group)shows he’s a total failure at the job
Uh... okay. Now whose going to round up those responsible and arrest them? If the law’s been broken, then the next step is to actually enforce the law, correct? /s
The law? We don't need no stinking law. Our Glorious Leader is the law!
“Our Glorious Leader is the law!”
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Only because the Congress does nothing to stop it.
The Obama Criminal Group broke the law when it released thousands of illegal immigrants
The EXEMPT again have declared WAR ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
with rapists, murderers, terrorists, tuberculosis and Ebola.
And there is no accountability. or Truth.
This cannot end well.
“and who will be held accountable?”
That is the question. Of course the msm will cover this story up. Can’t hurt Barry can we.
The DHS didn’t break the law, individuals did. So when will they be arrested?
“we are FINISHED as a country.”
Isn’t that the same as being fundamentally transformed?
This will continue until those responsible are handcuffed, perp-walked and locked up!
Someone at ICE who signed off on this crime should be indicted for flagrantly endangering Americans. Why don’t senators Coburn and McCain follow through? Congressman Issa does the same thing when dealing with the government liars who cover up Fast and Furious, Benghazi, and the IRS crimes.
These people have repeatedly lied to Congress and nothing has happened to them. Scooter Libby gave the FBI incomplete information and spent almost three years in prison in connection with the bogus Valerie Plame farce that so scandalized the media. No wonder Democrats laugh at the laws that we peons are required to obey.
In the year 2525.
You’re exactly right and it won’t happen in this administration.
Our Constitutional government was structured in such a way that one branch has the power to reign in any of the other branches that goes rogue. That power has been exercised many times in the past. There is existing federal law for this provision.
This current Congress has chosen not to exercise their Constitutional authority and as such, there is no constraint on the executive branch.
And here we are.
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