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Order on fugitive immigrant arrests short-lived
Order on fugitive immigrant arrests short-lived
Obama’s aunt, who had lived in U.S. illegally, faces April hearing
By Ted Bridis and Eileen Sullivan
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration quietly withdrew in the weeks after Barack Obama’s election a rule requiring high-level approval before federal agents could arrest fugitive immigrants. Meanwhile, the future for Obama’s aunt, who had been living in the country illegally, will be determined at an immigration court hearing in April.
[in this era of terrorism, evil illegal immigrants, etc, why did it require “high level approval” to arrest “fugitive immigrants”? and why is that fact couched in a story seemingly about obama’s aunt?
