Thread: All eyes on Alamance County for ongoing immigration debate

All eyes on Alamance County for ongoing immigration debate
by Olivia Hubert-Allen September 16, 2008

A controversial immigration program has propelled Alamance County, North Carolina into the center of a nationwide debate on immigration reform. The program, called 287(g) after the code of federal law, grants county sheriff offices the right to pass arrested people on to federal immigration officials after their criminal cases are resolved.

Alamance County is one of seven counties out of the 100 in North Carolina that have implemented a 287(g) program, which grants officers access to a federal immigration database. Since many other counties across the nation are considering adding the program, the success of Alamance County is being closely watched.

A dark shadow was cast on the program after several stories emerged earlier this year.

One story chronicles a Graham Public Library worker who was using a dead person’s social security number. She was brought to America illegally when she was 3 years old and her immigration status became an issue when her name popped up in county health records. She is currently going through the deportation process, but her American-born children are not.

“That’s taking 287(g) in a direction that certainly wasn’t intended when it was embraced by our community leaders,â€

God Bless the Seven Counties in North Carolina with 287g programs.

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