The failure of a Senate border bill has led U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to consider releasing thousands of immigrants and reducing detention capacity from 38,000 beds to 22,000 due to a $700 million budget gap. ICE plans to release up to 15,000 people amid financial constraints.
ICE is considering "mass releases" of immigrants to shore up its budget gaps https://t.co/tbnvXw47S6 https://t.co/tbnvXw47S6
ICE may release nearly half of all detained illegal aliens because of budget issues: 'Give us more money or else' https://t.co/UoVkINJMsh
NEW: ICE has drafted plans to release up to 15,000 people without accepting new migrants from the border, citing massive cash shortfalls. They have been detaining more people than Congress budgeted all year. https://t.co/Jv6Kr8K1uC
ICE has drafted plans to release tens of thousands of immigrants and slash its capacity to hold detainees after the failure of a Senate border bill that would have erased a $700 million budget shortfall, according to four officials at ICE and the Department of Homeland Security. https://t.co/60QZiw7fml
ICE Planning to Release Tens of Thousands of Illegal Aliens After Stalled Border Bill https://t.co/H80jledHZK
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is considering downsizing its detention capacity and releasing thousands of migrants from its custody due to a budget shortfall that Congress has so far refused to address. https://t.co/tVmYtuAnN3
NEW: Following failure of the border deal, WaPo reports that ICE has drafted plans to mass release thousands of detainees and drastically slash its detention capacity from 38,000 to 22,000 due to a $700 million budget shortfall the bill would’ve erased. The border legislation…
Without funding from border bill, ICE contemplates releasing thousands of detainees https://t.co/2MBwzAge1X
After border bill failure, ICE considers mass releases to close budget gap - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is considering releasing thousands of immigrants and cutting detention capacity due to a significant budget shortfall after the failure of a Senate border… https://t.co/zMxTiugdoq
BREAKING: Due to the failure of a Senate border bill aimed at filling a $700 million budget gap, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is considering releasing thousands of immigrants and reducing its detention capacity from 38,000 beds to 22,000, @washingtonpost just… https://t.co/0C70ccFsS0