Then again, did anyone expect Conyers would say something intelligent?

(CNSNews.com) – Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) defended the recent release of 2,228 incarcerated illegal aliens, saying that only 467 of them had been convicted of a misdemeanor “or two.”

“We learned at a recent hearing before the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee that 72 percent of the people released had no criminal record at all,” Conyers said Tuesday at a House Judiciary Committee hearing, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton testified that the releases were done because of federal budget cuts (sequestration) required by the Budget Control Act of 2011.

“Another 21 percent had convictions for one or two misdemeanors only,” said Conyers, who is the ranking member on the committee.