Justice Department to begin release of over 6,000 federal inmates under new guidelines

Article CAIRCO note: 
Almost one third will face deportation proceedings-which can take a couple of years or more...
Article author: 
Matthew Dean
Article publisher: 
Fox News
Article date: 
30 October 2015
January 2016
Article category: 
National News
Medium
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The Department of Justice on Friday will begin releasing some 6,112 federal inmates under the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s new sentencing retroactivity guidelines for drug offenders ...

Of those 6,112 federal inmates slated for release, 1,764 will be turned over to U.S. Immigrations [sic]  and Customs Enforcement (ICE), where they will either be deported or face deportation proceedings...