NEW ORLEANS, July 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:

The Clinton-appointed judge ordered ICE to release this convicted criminal

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after a U.S. District judge ordered the release of a criminal illegal alien from Cuba, previously convicted for hijacking an aircraft, from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody into American communities.

On July 8, Judge John E. Steele in the Middle District of Florida ordered that ICE must release Maikel Guerra Morales, a criminal illegal alien from Cuba, from ICE custody into Florida communities. Following the judge's order, ICE was forced to rel...