Via Newsmax:
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday addressed Republican criticism of the release of hundreds of illegal immigrants from detention centers, saying she wishes it had been spread over time rather than all at once.
Napolitano told ABC News that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials decided to release immigrants deemed to be a low public-safety risk ahead of the across-the-board spending cuts set to begin on Friday.
“Detainee populations and how that is managed back and forth is really handled by career officials in the field,” she said in the interview.
“Do I wish that this all hadn’t been done all of a sudden and so that people weren’t surprised by it? Of course.”
Republican anger has been growing since the mass release came to light on Monday. Immigration officials reportedly said the decision was made to prepare for the sequester, which would limit the number of detainees held.
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