butterbean
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 Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:25 pm Post subject: Jail deportation effort surges |
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Hundreds of San Diego County jail inmates are being targeted for deportation every month now that federal authorities have posted immigration agents in local lockups.
In January, when the program began, agents identified 59 illegal immigrants among local inmates. In November, that number ballooned to 845.
A member of Immigration and Customs Enforcement interviewed a new inmate at the San Diego Central Jail.
That same month, 579 local inmates were transferred to federal officials for removal from the United States, according to federal statistics.
“We can just nab them right there and get them into deportation and remove them immediately,” said Lauren Mack, spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061231/news_7m31jail.html |
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