ICE MELTDOWN! Immigration Enforcement Running Out of Cash, Eyes Mass Release of Migrants; Report

According to a NEWSMAX report, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is facing a funding crisis that may result in the agency releasing thousands of migrants.

At this rate, ICE will run out of funding by May.

From NEWSMAX:

Four ICE officials told The Washington Post that the agency has drafted plans to release migrants and cut its capacity to hold detainees after the failure of a Senate border bill that would have erased a $700 million budget shortfall.

While the Post reported sources saying the shortfall is $700 million, two Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials told NBC News that ICE is forecasting a budget shortfall of more than $500 million unless Congress takes action. Customs and Border Protection is among other areas of the department facing similar shortfalls.

The $118 billion bipartisan Senate deal last week targeted more than $15 billion to DHS but that package was killed by House Republicans, who have proposed a more restrictive border security bill passed last year.

Republicans say President Joe Biden doesn’t need Congress to act, and that he already has the power to improve border security as it was under former President Donald Trump.

Democrats, though, are blaming GOP lawmakers for DHS not receiving needed funding.

“[Failure to pass the supplemental bill] will put at risk DHS’s current removal operations, put further strain on our already overtaxed workforce, and make it harder to catch fentanyl at ports of entry. Without adequate funding for CBP, ICE, and USCIS [U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services], the Department will have to reprogram or pull resources from other efforts,” a DHS spokesperson said.

More over at NEWSMAX:

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could release thousands of migrants as it faces running out of money by May. https://t.co/32wpbgqsGX

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