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PHOENIX -- Claims by Immigration and Customs Enforcement that hundreds of illegal immigrants who were released from detention centers last week were low-risk and non-violent is completely false, said Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu.

Babeu said federal whistle blowers are telling him that some of the immigrants released have serious criminal histories.

"Drug smugglers with cartel ties, forgery, aggravated assault on police officers, convicted child molesters. Everything these whistle blowers have said has checked out almost completely."

The sheriff said he has also been informed that some of those who were released were facing manslaughter charges and several of those who were released were convicted of extreme DUI.

"What happens when they get into a head on collision with a family? Who will be responsible? Certainly not me or the governor. It's Janet Napolitano and whomever was involved in this."

Babeu said California Congressman Darrell Issa has announced that he will be launching a formal investigation into this matter.

Jim Cross, Reporter

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    Steve wrote...
    This shouldn't be a surprise coming
    March 6, 2013 11:21 am
    from the Obama Administration.
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    Constitutionalist wrote...
    New aproach for solution.
    March 6, 2013 2:32 pm
    Maybe what we need to do to get the message across to the idiots in Washington is take all of those who are imprisoned and are illegal immigrants, is to ship them all on buses bound for Washington and dump them off there, with a warning that if they come back to Arizona they will face 20 years in jail with hard labor. Then maybe Washington and its nearby areas will see just how innocent and harmless these people are.
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    ZingerRinger wrote...
    Lies, lies, lies
    March 6, 2013 2:57 pm
    Why isn't the "media" all over this? Why aren't they calling out obama and his staff for the outrageuos lies they have been spewing all over the place? They lied about Bengazi, they lied about the sequester, and they have lied about these criminal illegal aliens. Are we, as a country, really that ignorant???
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    cottoncandy wrote...
    negotiations went sour
    March 6, 2013 3:22 pm
    Couldnt bust the cartels out of jail....lets release them all so they wont shoot up Tucson. They already released who they wanted back. Did we send them on their way with guns from "fast and furious" too?
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    Steve wrote...
    No outcry found here among
    March 6, 2013 6:22 pm
    the same Liberals that support these dolts in Washington.
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    Michoacan wrote...
    Like his mentor Arpaio, Babeu has learned
    March 7, 2013 12:22 am
    that when the heat is on for his many malfeasances, miscues and outright deceptions, it is best to turn people's attention to other things, true or not.
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