ICE Releases 218,400 Members of Migrant Families in 8 Months
Jason Hopkins August 05, 2019
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been forced to let go more than 200,000 members of migrant families since December. Pictured: Border Patrol agents process immigrants from Central America while taking them into custody Aug. 17, 2016, near Roma, Texas. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
Federal immigration officials have released more than 218,000 migrant family members from custody since December, reflecting the huge backlog of U.S. immigration courts.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, tasked with carrying out removal orders for illegal aliens living in the U.S., has been forced to let go a total of 108,400 migrants over the past eight months, an agency spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Caller News Foundation. The Washington Examiner first reported the figures.
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