Subtract that from the 6.700 the President said he needed when he submitted the budget and we have an additional 1.700 beds we need to acquire. This legislation appropriated the funds for the additional 1.700 beds and uses the offset Senator SANTORUM will trigger in his bill. as well. Why is it important to add these detention spaces? The primary reason is to end. once and for all. this program of catch and release. When we apprehend an illegal immigrant from a country other than Mexico. you cannot return that person to Mexico. The person is not a citizen of Mexico. We have to return that person to their country of origin.
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