Republicans smell a conspiracy after immigration officials announced they would release scores of undocumented detainees because of looming sequestration cuts — even if they haven’t reached consensus on the motive behind the plot yet.The Department of Homeland Security is facing a 5 percent reduction in funding if scheduled cuts approved by Congress go into effect this week. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Monday they had “reviewed several hundred cases and placed these individuals on methods of supervision less costly than detention” in anticipation of their reduced resources, according to spokeswoman Barbara Gonzales. Proceedings against them would continue after their release from federal detention.
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