GOP, media put White House on sequester defensive

GOP leaders and PR officials are slamming the White House’s effort to shield itself from the decision to release hundreds of illegal immigrants from federal jail, even prior to the arrival of the sequester budget trims.

Late Wednesday afternoon, a career official at the Department of Homeland Security resigned as GOP criticism mounted, and as skeptical reporters began pressing administration officials to justify their sequester-related cuts.

“This was a [release] decision made by career officials … without any input from the White House,” White House spokesman Jay Carney claimed during the midday press conference.



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