CORREA STATEMENT ON ICE REDUCING OPERATIONS, RELEASING DETAINEES BECAUSE OF REPUBLICAN INACTION
WASHINGTON — Today, following reports of that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could soon be forced to reduce operations and release significant numbers of detainees due to budgetary constraints, Representative Lou Correa (CA-46), the top Democrat on the House Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee, released the below statement:
“For months, the Biden Administration has been asking Congress to deliver much-needed resources to ensure the safe, humane processing of refugees and asylum-seekers. During that same time, Speaker Johnson repeatedly refused to engage with Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans, and the White House to negotiate bipartisan legislation to tackle the crisis at our border head-on—going as far as to pronounce the deal they struck as ‘dead on arrival’ in the House, refusing to even allow us to debate the measure,” Correa said. “These reports are a direct result of House Republicans’ inaction, and Speaker Johnson’s refusal to engage on the subject at all. The safety of our communities, and the lives of refugees seeking safe-haven in this country, are being put at risk because of these political games. Enough is enough.”
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