TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -
Gov. Jan
Brewer makes a statement in response to the Obama Administration releasing more
than 2,000 illegal aliens from custody:
"I'm disappointed but not surprised by today's congressional
testimony in which ICE Director John Morton acknowledged the Obama
Administration released 2,228 illegal aliens from federal custody last month.
"Among those
released, according to Director Morton, were at least 10 individuals classified
among the highest-risk offenders. Others released included repeat
drunken-driving offenders who, in addition to being in our country illegally,
have exhibited behavior that places at-risk every Arizonan innocently sharing
our roadways.
"Today's ICE
testimony directly contradicts repeated assurances and explanations peddled by
the Obama administration in the days after the mass release of illegal aliens
became public knowledge. The American people were initially told there were
hundreds, not thousands, of individuals released. We were assured they were
low-level detainees of little public risk. As we now know, neither of these
claims was accurate.
"I repeat my request
for the Obama administration to finally come clean with critical information
pertaining to the release of these individuals. On March 1, 2013, my directors
of the Arizona Department of Public Safety and Arizona Department of Homeland
Security wrote ICE Director Morton in seeking: the number of illegal aliens
released from federal custody into Arizona; their criminal profile; the manner
of their ongoing supervision; and any information regarding further planned
releases, among other information.
"As of today, the
State of Arizona has received no response. This has gone on long enough. It
shouldn't require a congressional subpoena to extract basic information from
the Obama administration regarding actions that directly impact public safety."
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"I'm disappointed but not surprised by today's congressional
testimony in which ICE Director John Morton acknowledged the Obama
Administration released 2,228 illegal aliens from federal custody last month.
"Among those
released, according to Director Morton, were at least 10 individuals classified
among the highest-risk offenders. Others released included repeat
drunken-driving offenders who, in addition to being in our country illegally,
have exhibited behavior that places at-risk every Arizonan innocently sharing
our roadways.
"Today's ICE
testimony directly contradicts repeated assurances and explanations peddled by
the Obama administration in the days after the mass release of illegal aliens
became public knowledge. The American people were initially told there were
hundreds, not thousands, of individuals released. We were assured they were
low-level detainees of little public risk. As we now know, neither of these
claims was accurate.
"I repeat my request
for the Obama administration to finally come clean with critical information
pertaining to the release of these individuals. On March 1, 2013, my directors
of the Arizona Department of Public Safety and Arizona Department of Homeland
Security wrote ICE Director Morton in seeking: the number of illegal aliens
released from federal custody into Arizona; their criminal profile; the manner
of their ongoing supervision; and any information regarding further planned
releases, among other information.
"As of today, the
State of Arizona has received no response. This has gone on long enough. It
shouldn't require a congressional subpoena to extract basic information from
the Obama administration regarding actions that directly impact public safety."
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reserved.
