Lynch: Federal Prisons Must Now Hand Over Illegals with Deportation Orders to ICE First

melanie.hunter | February 24, 2016
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U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch told a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday that the administration is changing how the Federal Bureau of Prisons handles illegal immigrants with deportation orders, allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take custody first instead of turning those prisoners over to local and state authorities to face prosecution.