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General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: rangerrebew on September 23, 2016, 10:29:56 am
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ICE Director Defends Returning $113M in Funds for Detention, Removal of Illegals in FY 2015
By Melanie Hunter | September 22, 2016 | 1:00 PM EDT
ICE Director Sarah Saldana (AP Photo)
(CNSNews.com) - The director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Thursday defended her agency’s decision to return $113 million in funds allocated for the detention and removal of illegal immigrants in FY 2015.
“Your organization operates with limited resources, and yet, in fiscal year 2015, you gave back to the Department of Homeland Security $113 million in funds that were specifically appropriated for detention and removal. Why did you give this money back given the problems that were decided by Mr. Smith and the fact as Mr. Conyers noted you have limited resources to begin with?” House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) asked at a committee hearing on ICE oversight.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/...tentionremoval