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As the Biden administration prepares for its curtain call, it is either trying to wreck as much furniture as possible on the way and set Trump and his team up for failure or it simply cannot come to terms with the fact that a vast number of Americans were simply fed up with being broke and scared. The Department of Homeland Security has taken aim at the Laken Riley Act. The rationale? It would cost too much money to round up criminal aliens and then house them and feed them before deporting them.
PoliticoobtainedacopyofamemothatDHSsenttoCongressinDecemberlistingthedepartment’scomplaints.Accordingtothedocument,DHSischieflyconcernedwith:
Alackofbeds:sinceICEwouldhavetoarrestandimmediatelydetainillegalsaccusedorconvictedofcrimes,thenumberofdetaineeswouldquicklyoutstriptheavailablespace.DHSmaintainsthatwithoutadditionalfunding,attheendoftheyear,“tensofthousands”ofillegalswouldneedtobereleased,whichmayincludethe“potentialreleaseofpubicsafetythreats.” AshortageofEnforcementandRemovalOfficers(EROs):DHSsaysthatoverthelasttenyears,theworkloadhasinc
