New York Times : ICE has released hundreds of noncriminal detainees from detention centers around the country in recent days in a highly unusual effort to save money as automatic budget cuts loom in Washington, officials said Tuesday.

Photo : Anthony Orlando Williams was released last week after nearly three years in an immigration detention center in Georgia. ( Thanks to the Sequester ! )

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A spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, an arm of the Department of Homeland Security, said the detainees selected for release were noncriminals and other low-risk offenders who do not have serious criminal histories.

The New York Times
Mass Release of Immigrants Is Tied to Impending Cuts
By KIRK SEMPLE
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Mass Release of Immigrants Is Tied to Impending Cuts

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