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U.S. to try house arrest for immigrants as alternative to detention
Reuters via MSN ^ | February 8, 2022 | By Ted Hesson

Posted on 02/08/2022 1:46:11 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will place hundreds of migrants caught at the U.S.-Mexico border on house arrest in the coming weeks as it seeks cheaper alternatives to immigration detention, according to a notice to lawmakers and a DHS official.

A 120-day pilot program will be launched in Houston and Baltimore, with 100-200 single adults enrolled in each location, according to the notice, which was sent by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The Biden administration plans to ask Congress for funding to place as many as 400,000 migrants this year in alternatives to detention, which could include the home curfew initiative as well as existing programs, the DHS official said. The total number of migrants in such programs would be higher since only heads of households are enrolled.

About 164,000 are currently in alternative-to-detention programs, according to ICE, roughly double the total on Sept. 30, 2020, before Biden took office.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Maryland; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; baltimore; biden; border; brandon; dhs; housearrest; houston; illegalaliens; illegals; invasion; xiden
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1 posted on 02/08/2022 1:46:11 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What if they don’t have a house? They are immigrants.


2 posted on 02/08/2022 1:47:46 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

House arrest WHERE? In upscale apartments paid for by the Biden administration?


3 posted on 02/08/2022 1:49:08 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
“Now Pedro...don't leave this house or we'll be very cross indeed!”
4 posted on 02/08/2022 1:49:32 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: DannyTN

I believe the correct name is: “Illegals”.

This just legitimizes them, which is what they want. It is a back door.


5 posted on 02/08/2022 1:49:47 PM PST by rlmorel (Nothing can foster principles of freedom more effectively than the imposition of tyranny.)
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To: DannyTN

No; immigrants choose the legal route.


6 posted on 02/08/2022 1:50:11 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: DannyTN
What if they don’t have a house? They are immigrants.

Biden and the Democrats will give them one - paid for with YOUR money.

7 posted on 02/08/2022 1:50:28 PM PST by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: DannyTN

If they don’t have a house they can just steal one.


8 posted on 02/08/2022 1:51:18 PM PST by cnsmom
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To: Steve_Seattle

They’ll be forced to use govt-provided debit cards (tied to the US Treasury), and must accept gov-issued cell phone and car.


9 posted on 02/08/2022 1:51:27 PM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: DannyTN

The White House will do.


10 posted on 02/08/2022 1:51:38 PM PST by ex91B10 (Just because you can doesn't mean you should. )
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To: Steve_Seattle

When they should have been hog tied and thrown back across the border.


11 posted on 02/08/2022 1:51:44 PM PST by No name given
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Who’s house?


12 posted on 02/08/2022 1:51:47 PM PST by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Only if it’s “casa arrest” back at their casa in their home country.


13 posted on 02/08/2022 1:51:59 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Let them go back to their own house and apply for a green card at the American embassy. That’s what they are supposed to do.


14 posted on 02/08/2022 1:52:57 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

House-arrest in the US taxpayer rented-out Intercontinental hotel.

That sounds like a dream.


15 posted on 02/08/2022 1:54:08 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If the house is in Mexico, I could probably back the plan.


16 posted on 02/08/2022 1:54:10 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegience to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: DannyTN
What if they don’t have a house?

You could easily pack a couple dozen illegal aliens in Biden's house in Delaware. Also, Obama has at least three houses (Chicago, DC and Martha's Vinyard) and is building another one in Hawaii.

17 posted on 02/08/2022 1:54:43 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President)
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To: SkyDancer
"Who's house?"

Maybe yours. In San Francisco, authorities are floating the idea that the homeless should be taken into private homes. Now, it's just a suggestion, but later it could be mandatory.
18 posted on 02/08/2022 1:54:49 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Plenty of room for snow shovelers in Fairbanks.


19 posted on 02/08/2022 1:55:36 PM PST by fruser1
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

won’t stay in their original homeland
won’t honor our borders and stay outside

will stay in their home if asked to do so

The logic of a Leftist is truly something to behold.


20 posted on 02/08/2022 1:55:50 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegience to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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