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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Immigration backlog stirs move to release some U.S. detainees

By Shankar Vedantam
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 28, 2010

"...It comes amid a push by ICE to focus on illegal immigrants who have committed crimes, rather than seek to deport all illegal immigrants...

...As those applications are being reviewed, immigrants in detention who do not have criminal backgrounds might be eligible for release, Morton said. Local ICE officials have discretion in releasing detainees, he added, and would take into consideration a number of factors, including "national security and public safety..."

Finally, something that makes sense.

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