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Kobach: U.S. Message to Illegals Is 'Come to America, We'll Release You'

posted onMay 4, 2019
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Article snippet: As Breitbart News has reported, DHS has released about 8,200 border crossers and illegal aliens into the U.S. over the past seven days through an expanded Catch and Release policy wherein federal immigration officials have had to grapple with less detention space and increased implementation of release programs for foreign nationals. During an interview with Fox News on Friday, Kobach called on DHS to end the Catch and Release policy and stop issuing work permits, as well as food stamps, to those released into the country from federal custody. Kobach said: Kobach has detailed in Breitbart News how the Trump administration and DHS can immediately end the Catch and Release policy by building detention facilities and processing centers at the U.S.-Mexico border to speed asylum hearings and quickly deport fraudulent asylum seekers. “I believe we have to have processing centers where we can keep people detained, set up temporary facilities, and process the claim with the immigration judges right there because … right now the message is getting out to Central America, ‘Come to the United States, make a false claim, and they’ll turn you loose and they’ll give you food stamps and a work permit,’ which is just crazy,” Kobach said. “We’ve got to stop the madness.” Currently, border crossers are able to obtain one-year work permits after 150 days of being released into the interior of the country by DHS. With those work permits, border crossers can apply for welfare benefit... Link to the full article to read more

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