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
Tagged: crime, deportation, mecklenburg county“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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February 7th, 2006
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