butterbean
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 Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:19 am Post subject: Cobb County to Join Federal Program on Illegal Aliens |
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MARIETTA, Ga. - The Cobb County Commission has approved a request by the sheriff to work more closely with federal officials to deport jailed illegal immigrants.
The move, which the commission unanimously endorsed Tuesday, means the sheriff's department will join a federal program that will provide quicker identification of illegal immigrants who are charged with a crime.
The county would be the first in Georgia to join the program. Only seven other agencies around the country have joined.
Under the program, local law enforcers are trained on how to handle illegal immigrants they encounter during routine duties, Cobb County Sheriff Neil Warren said.
"Our focus will continue to be on identifying, prosecuting and deporting illegal aliens who are in our country illegally and committing crimes," Warren said.
Since 1996, the federal government has offered immigration-enforcement training to police and sheriff's agencies, but relatively few officers have gone through the program. The first - about 30 members of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement - did not get trained until 2002.
Georgia has one of the fastest-growing illegal immigrant populations in the nation, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Immigration Statistics. And Cobb County has been a magnet for illegal immigrants who found jobs in the building trades and service industry during the area's rapid growth.
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http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/15843726.htm |
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