Candidates vie to sound toughest on immigration – Kentucky politics

Nearly every politician has clamored to sound toughest on illegal immigration in the waning weeks of the campaign.

Candidates for governor and attorney general have called for checking the immigration status of inmates in jails and prisons. They’ve talked about cracking down on employers. Some have said police should start enforcing federal immigration law. Adding to the debate is a commission’s report on immigration that will be delivered to Lexington’s mayor Tuesday.

But the candidates have been silent on how they would pay for such proposals. And they haven’t told voters that jails and prisons already work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport illegal immigrants who’ve committed crimes.”*

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