5,000 Illegal Alien Detainees in Arizona, Released by the Feds, Have Criminal Records
Nearly 5,000 Arizona immigrant detainees with criminal records were released from custody, a federal agency has acknowledged . . .
The National Review reported that the Department of Homeland Security said that the detainees charged with murder had been jailed and let out from 2010 to 2014.
A letter from the director of Immigrations and Customs, Sarah Saldana, to U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley was recently made public.
The senators asked asked for details surrounding the release of Valley resident Apolinar Altamirano, who was charged with the shooting death of a Mesa convenience store clerk in January. Altamirano was awaiting a deportation hearing.
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement had taken Altamirano into custody in January 2013 after he was convicted on burglary charges. (Read more from “Feds: 5K Immigrant Detainees in Arizona Have Criminal Records” HERE)
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