Frustrated with illegal immigrants who commit crimes, Mecklenburg County Sheriff Jim Pendergraph and U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick announced a new program Monday that will give local law enforcement officers the power to screen for illegal immigrants and turn them over to federal officials for possible deportation. North Carolina

“Under the program — one of only six of its kind in the country — 10 sheriff’s deputies will undergo four weeks of training to become certified federal immigration officers.

Beginning this spring, they will check the immigration status of every person charged with a crime and processed through Mecklenburg County jail, using a federal database that contains photographs, fingerprints and other information.”

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