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Backlash grows over screenings for ICE at jail
By BRADLEY OLSON and SUSAN CARROLL
May 1, 2009, 7:51PM

Mayor Bill White is facing increasing hostility over his decision to have the city participate in a federal program that trains local jailers to act as immigration agents.

Some activists have suggested the move toward stronger immigration enforcement could jeopardize the accuracy of the 2010 census count for people of Hispanic origin, who are estimated to make up the city’s largest ethnic group at more than 40 percent of the population.

“The mayor and the Police Department need to enforce the law in a way that helps the immigrant community trust the police and cooperate with their investigations,â€