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‘Outrageous’: Boehner Blasts ICE for Releasing Hundreds of Illegals from Jail and Blaming ‘Fiscal Climate’

Feb. 27, 2013 10:20am Madeleine Morgenstern

Outrageous: Boehner Blasts ICE for Releasing Hundreds of Illegals Ahead of Sequester

House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday blasted the decision by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release hundreds of jailed illegal immigrants and blaming federal budget cuts.

“It’s very hard for me to believe that they can’t find cuts elsewhere in their agency,” Boehner (R-Ohio) told CBS News. “I frankly think this is 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.”

ICE officials said they have released “several hundred” immigrants awaiting deportation because they couldn’t afford to hold them with an expected round of spending cuts set to take effect at the end of the week.

“In order to make the best use of our limited detention resources in the current fiscal climate and to manage our detention population under current congressionally mandated levels, ICE has directed field offices to review the detained population to ensure it is in line with available funding,” agency spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said in a statement Tuesday. “As a result of this review, a number of detained aliens have been released around the country and placed on an appropriate, more cost-effective form of supervised release.”

The announcement came after Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano had warned that the $85 million in cuts, known as the sequester, could affect detention policy, according to the Washington Post.

“I’m supposed to have 34,000 detention beds for immigration,” Napolitano said Monday. “How do I pay for those?”

According to the Post, ICE said it’s not dropping its immigration cases against the released detainees and that they will continue to prosecute and monitor them outside detention facilities.

“All of these individuals remain in removal proceedings. Priority for detention remains on serious criminal offenders and other individuals who pose a significant threat to public safety,” Christensen said.

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Gunnett
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:38am
What is the big deal. Most of the time DHS\ICE arrests a non-criminal alien and gives him a five or ten thousand dollar bond, 2 weeks later, the aliens sees a DOJ Immigration Judge who cuts it down to $2,500. The alien then bonds out of ICE custody and is given their first of many court dates TWO OR THREE YEARS later.

Don’t blame DHS\ICE for this mess, blame the US Department of Justice Immigration Judges that keep people in custody for so long, instead of making a rapid ruling in their case. Aliens shouldn’t be kept in ICE custody at $100+ a day while their family attempts to raise their bond money, but DOJ Judges are more than will to have ICE spend $3,000 in order to get $2,500 from the alien, and when it is all done, the alien gets all his money back.

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- Trigus
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:19am
  I said it before and I will say it again: Barry Obama and his Administration should be labeled Domestic Terrorist and charged accordingly.
  
  This is a clear act of Terrorism. Sequester is being purported against American Citizens to get Barry Obama’s and his Administrations Political Ideologies forced upon a Free Nation.
  
  Terrorism: 1) the use of violence or threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. 2)the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization. 3) a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.
  
  Where is the outcry. What Barry Obama and his administration has done is a blatant act of domestic terrorism. State By State list of threatened Cuts, and now we will let illigals back out on the Street.
  
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- Nlitend1
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:41am
  @triguns
  So it’s okay when they get rid of a hundred different programs that help people in need, but when they let non-violent aliens out of jail you are outraged. Your priorities are out of whack. Did you even read the post that you are responding to? It doesn’t even make sense what you are saying. I bet you have 50 guns and you can’t spare a dime to help your kid go to college.
  
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- happ77
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 12:00pm
  What else would you expect from a spitefull
  immature administration. There’s more
  coming, you can count on it.
  
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- cosette
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 12:05pm
  If my memory serves me correctly the only illegals who were being detained were those who have broken the law. Barry sees fit to release criminals so they can prey on more innocent people. Does that really surprise anybody? They are, after all, future Democrat voters.
  
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- Trigus
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 12:17pm
  @NLITENUTZ : I am not like you. I am not a burden on my community, the Country, or Society as a Whole. I work, I support my family, my children are home schooled, and I worked 2 jobs while going to school to get my college degree. What burden have you placed on your community, the country, or Society as a whole.
  
  It is time to man up and take responsibility for yourself and get off the goverment tit.
  
  Now, for this post: on releasing illegal aliens (criminals.) The current policy of this Administration is to only incarcerate illegal aliens with criminal records. So, who did DHS just release upon the unsuspecting general public? This is a blanat act of Domestic Terrorism to sway the opinion of the American People.
  
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- cosette
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 12:20pm
  @NLTEND1… Did YOU read the article? I did not see the term non-violent aliens anywhere. It did, however, describe them as “jailed illegal immigrants”. Every American should be outraged. A USA Today article dated TODAY Feb. 26,2013, describes those detainees who were set free as serious lawbreakers, criminals who are being released onto the streets. It goes on to state that deportation proceedings are pending due to their criminal status. I suppose they will be deported at some point, if they can be LOCATED.. Isn’t that rich? Your wonderful president, who cares sooooooo much about the average American is releasing criminals in order to score some lousy political points, and there you are DEFENDING it. Good Lord would it kill you to inform yourself?
  
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- KURT1010
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 1:00pm
  Its time we set up machine guns at the border and shoot anyone that comes in with NO visa etc…shoot, shoot , shoot….I am tired of going into a fast food resturant and hearing nothing but spanish, when you buy a product of any kind it seems that its in English and spanish. Same when you make a phone call to the govmt , credit card, bank ,,,,,,etc etc. r eally tired of it ! Learn english or go back from where you came from, do something for your own country…..!!!!!
  
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- Maji
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 1:32pm
  Obama is “Hugo Chavez” light!!..For Now!!
  The more he gets by with the more he will be emboldened.
  
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- wilbstal
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 1:59pm
  dport them the same day. 99.99% they are guilty as charged why waste the time and money get a life here. even Us citizens no longer get Due process
  
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- cosette
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 2:16pm
  @ Nlitened!… Would you care to list the 100 different programs that will be affected? No? I thought not.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 2:24pm
  Bush administration was also weak on immigration. We’re no longer a nation of laws. At this rate, it will not take too long to become a totally lawless, or completely oppressed, nation.
  
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- JRook
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:23pm
  If the cuts are not a big deal why is Boehner worried about the cuts to the most bloated budget we have…. defense.
  
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- naughtycal
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 9:42am
  ICE released 10,000 felons that is 10,000 charges of aiding and abedding felons. Someone needs to be brought up on charges.
  
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wilbstal
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:38am
get armed and shoot each and everyone of them, its your duty to protect yourselves and others. Cops cant do **** here and they wont because they voted for Obama and belong to a Union, they dont give a **** for you only their benefits, you must protect yourselves

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- Nlitend1
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:44am
  Should we shoot their kids too, since they are illegal as well…or just the ones waiting to get due process after being released from jail? This sounds complicated, can i just shoot brown people and let god sort em out?
  
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- M13
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 12:39pm
  Wilbstal, why don’t you start shooting first? You always post how you would kill this person or that person. You are a idiot behind a keyboard and that is all you ever will be.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 1:13pm
  Nlite1
  Shoot them at the border, leave em laying. What in your highly enlightened world is illegal? We have unsecured borders in a time of war and you want more outreach. Mine the border, let the drones fire for effect. We have automatic weapons in DHS, ICE, and multitude LE on the border getting rusty and you would prefer the #6 with a medium sprite and extra guacamole? Lets utilize our assets, and enforce what myriad laws we have. Easy peasy and you don’t have to cry and get your panties all wadded up.
  
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- cosette
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 2:14pm
  @INLITEND1… I take it you backed off your previous claim and now concede the fact that they are not only illegal, which by definition is a crime, but they have also broken other laws. That being acknowledged, do you believe American citizens who have broken our laws should also be released into society to prey on innocent people? For that matter how about we just don’t incarcerate any lawbreakers. Would that better suit you? Or is your concern just for the criminal illegals? BTW your screen name could not be more inappropriate.
  
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Charbet
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:37am
According to the Post, ICE said it’s not dropping its immigration cases against the released detainees and that they will continue to prosecute and monitor them outside detention facilities
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Bull****!

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- MN NICE
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 12:22pm
  I’m sure they instructed them to not leave town… In the mean time, if they’re a little short on cash and need some food, place to stay and a phone, the sign up line is around the corner… And, if you’re one of the first 100, we’ll throw in a Beyonce’ ticket!!
  
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FedUpinIndiana
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:37am
So now, our government has allowed politics to trump the law. Release criminals because of an over-hyped and not yet proven fiscal disaster. Even if the sequester doesn’t cause a ripple, Obama will make sure to force disastrous cuts in agencies across the country, mostly cuts that will hurt the elderly, infirm and children, so that he can say “See, I told you so”, and blame Republicans. This man is an outrage. Too bad we can’t just cut services to the clueless idiots who reelected him. They deserve to suffer the crap that he’s dishing out.

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Cavallo
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:36am
And the speaker is going to do what? .. Be indignant? How about salary cuts for all Administrative ICE staff… oh.. I know… DEPORT THE ILLEGALS.. then you don’t need the d@mn beds to house them!

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vorpal
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:35am
they put more thugs on the street and want to take away our ability to defend ourselves through the 2nd amendment…this is why homeland security is buying ALL the ammo…they are designing the break down of our society blaming the republicans and taking away our ability to defend ourselves.

Be prepared folks – it’s gonna get ugly.

This is why the imperial sock puppet president gave himself secret service for the rest of his life – his base is going to come after him when they figure out they got duped and the free stuff has dried up.

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- naughtycal
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:40am
  Lets defund ICE they don’t do crap anyway.
  IN 2012 Total ICE Enacted Budget
  
  $5.82 billion.
  We pay this to have them NOT ENFORCE THE LAW
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:42am
  Notice they didn’t even wait to see if there would be any cuts. They did it on the EXPECTATION there would be cuts.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:45am
  The Marxist POS is working every angle to collapse the system and you’re correct the collectivist pigs are buying up all the ammo to deal with law abiding taxpayers meanwhile they’re releasing illegals to do their thing. The Marxist mulatto POS has underestimated the millions of armed taxpayers who aren’t going to be anybody’s bitch,we’re waiting.
  
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- OneRiotOneRanger
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:47am
  The law goes unenforced, when it does, because the administration at the cabinet level has made it policy. ICE would rather not let these folks go, but they have no choice. Boehner is wrong, there is no money to cut. There is barely enough money to operate, but I’m sure he doesn’t know that. Beohner has proven himself repeatedly to be a gutless moron
  
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Vickie Dhaene
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:35am
This is an impeachable offense.
We will not be intimidated Mr. President.

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- Fubared
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 1:54pm
  WH is chunking Nappyhead under a unused deportation bus. Like she operates on her own. Sure.
  
  http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/02/white-house-was-not-involved-in-ices-decision-to-release-158027.html
  
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TEOTWASWKI
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:34am
Obama has been reading Castro’s playbook again.

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RLTW
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:34am
The cost to “continue to prosecute and monitor them outside detention facilities.” Which of course they won’t actually do would cost more than keeping them jailed.

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AlthenArtren
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:34am
Maybe instead of arresting them, maybe we should go ahead and shoot them.
Dead men don’t need meals.

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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:57am
  How about cutting the cable and other luxuries and make prison like a prison instead of a summer camp.
  
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- JustMeInAZ
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 2:20pm
  Regarding jails:
  Get rid of cable.
  Get rid of the Internet.
  Get rid of the weights.
  Meals should be just enough to keep you alive.
  Break up the gangs, keep them separate. If that means total seclusion, then so be it.
  Any who stole or caused property damage, should work their butts off to pay restitution. You cannot leave until the debt is repayed.
  
  Just the first few that come to mind.
  
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Thundergod
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:32am
We have irrational children running this country who would kill the family dog if mom and pop dont give them what they want.

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AxelPhantom
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:31am
Big Sis, How about you cut the amount of ammunition you are buying? That ought to just about cover the cost of the entire sequester including your little reduction.

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TheGreatSociety
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:31am
Hey Janet, you have the same money you had last year. There are no cuts, only a reduction in growth. How did you pay for the detention beds last year? Quit lying. I can’t take the lying anymore.

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- moreteaplease
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:44am
  You gotta remember, we are to stupid to figure that out, so Nappy should be able to make that claim and we should swallow it whole.
  
  Here’s another thought…maybe if we tightened up our border security we wouldn’t need that many beds in the first place.
  
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- MN NICE
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 12:25pm
  Detention beds, my ass… Should be a bus seat pointed south
  
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13th Imam
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:31am
Barry’s fingerprints are all over this. ANY crimes committed by these criminals goes directly on his ledger. Open season begins on illegals that confront true American citizens. Barry has the power to determine what cuts are made. HE OWNS THIS. We have to clean up HIS mess.

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ForMyKidsVA
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:31am
Wow! Boehner is really going to kick some can now. He is really ticked! He’s only going to allow three trillion in new taxes as opposed to three quadrillion! Go get ‘em buddy! You are my rock.

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- RLTW
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 1:52pm
  He’s as tan as a desert rock, but that’s about it.
  
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woodyee
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:30am
‘Outrageous’…

I am so tired of their WORDS…

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- Trigus
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:45am
  I said it before and I will say it again: Barry Obama and his Administration should be labeled Domestic Terrorist and charged accordingly.
  
  This is a clear act of Terrorism. Sequester is being purported against American Citizens to get Barry Obama’s and his Administrations Political Ideologies forced upon a Free Nation.
  
  Terrorism: 1) the use of violence or threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. 2)the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization. 3) a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.
  
  Why is the outcry. What Barry Obama and his administration has done is a blatant act of domestic terrorism.
  
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pragmaticpatriot
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:30am
“I’m supposed to have 34,000 detention beds for immigration,” Napolitano said Monday. “How do I pay for those?”
Sell some ammo and firearms biotch

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- oneshiner
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:45am
  That “odd” Janet is only following her marching orders. The small amount of money the sequester will cost is probably no more than what the prez & his bangs wife have spend traveling in the last 4 years taking separate flights, the extravagant dinners & entertainment…………they spend money like it’s theirs, (but I know it’s really ours) if they were the least bit conservative with our money, maybe we wouldn’t be in this mess so deeply. More than the money, it’s all the deceit, lies and distortions that gall me, said with an accusing face against us, WE the People of the United States, being deceived again by unscrupulous snake oil salesman.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:26am
  SHINER! She may just be carrying out her marching orders, but the she/beast is enjoying it! She was, is, and always will be nothing more than a lying piece of liberal trash!!!!
  
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perry1980
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:30am
They will cut the things that hurt We The People the most. You better be ready to respond to it.

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ltb
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:28am
If Obama can’t find 2% worth of waste and corruption to cut from the budget, short of releasing criminals back onto the streets, he’s an even bigger moron than we suspected.

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- Godswatching
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:54am
  I suspect that is true.
  
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Listen_then_think
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:28am
Don’t just talk about it, bring them up on charges. ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING!!!

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pragmaticpatriot
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:28am
brownmail, give me what i want or im opening the border! Note to self- THEY ALREADY DID! Why haven’t impeachment proceedings begun?

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thibx
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:27am
to cut 1 penny from spending, these damn wacko democrats will blame anything or anybody for the crap they choose to do.

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M4finny
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:25am
Cry for us Speaker *****, cry! (Ala Scut Farkus – A Christmas Story). Words like “outrageous” are all that this empty chair can come up with. Hey Congressman! You have the ability to defund this nonsense like you do Obama care and yet, you won’t. You’re no better than the socialists on the other side of the aisle. You and every other RINO are cowards.

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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:24am
The cuts haven’t even happened and they did this. People should go to jail over this.

This is like saying, oh, you are going to cut my budget next month, fine, I am firing people right now and shuting down services, even though I am fully funded. There, that will show you.

These directors of these agencies need to be fired.

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- ltb
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:31am
  Are you serious? Do you really think anybody is going to be fired? My guess is that the “genius” who came up with this twisted political move will be promoted.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:31am
  Or jailed. Dereliction of duty. Nothing is illegal any more. We have a lawless regime.
  http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-detained-immigrants-sequester-20130226,0,7739089.story
  
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- pragmaticpatriot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:31am
  A lie told often enough becomes the truth.
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  There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he(she) is a scoundrel.
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:37am
  DARMOK, Have heard other stories of different departments cutting employees and contract workers because of expectations of Sequesteria. I venture to say those directors quietly got their marching orders from the administration to do this as leverage for 0bama. The thing that gets me is how our libs have such a selective memoroy considering that back when Sequestration was even brought up, we knew then that it came from the admin as a recombination for an easy way out of a committee deadlock. Funny, how they all voted for it, but still so many are believing that it was a Republican idea as the press is flogging the GOP. I have to admit, anther masterfully planned attack.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:40am
  FUBARED, Loved the PC title to that article! “Detained ‘immigrants’ released.”
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:44am
  LTB, I for one really don’t think this regime gives two hoots in hell for any of the “little people” they might hurt. They are seen as nothing more than tools to be used to build their agenda.
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:52am
  Morning RJJ, you must of had your coffee, riled up a bit this morning :-)
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:53am
  Nancy Pelosi;
  
  “We have to release the prisoners…. before the effects, if any, take place”.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 12:21pm
  DARMOK, LOL, yeah I cranked up the coffee maker before I even took the dog out. She was giving one mean look as I dumped in the scoops.
  
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UNALIEN
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:23am
never let a phoney crisis go to waste

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- Maxim Crux
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 3:36pm
  They probably gave them all automatic weapons on their way out the door.
  
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