We are ending the shortsighted practice of "catch and release" and replacing it with "catch and remove." This conference report supports 27.500 detention beds. We have increased the number of Fugitive Operations teams from 16 in fiscal year 2005 to 75 teams in fiscal year 2007. In fiscal year 2005. these teams apprehended over 15.000 illegal aliens including 270 sexual predators and 11.200 fugitive aliens with judicial orders of removal against them. Adding an additional 23 more teams--for a total of 75 teamswill make a real difference in removing from this country those individuals who have been ordered removed and who are here illegally. We are also increasing funding for the criminal alien program. which identifies illegal aliens currently serving time in U.S. prisons and begins removal proceedings against them while they are in jail. There are an estimated 630.000 criminal aliens in all Federal. State. and local prisonsof whom 551.000 have not yet been identified for removal from the country.
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