Bucks County has teamed up with the Feds to crack down on illegal aliens. But officials say investigators won't have to go far to catch the culprits. WFMZ's Jackie Shutack explains. Reporter: Officials with Bucks County Corrections demonstrate just how easy it is to scan and upload a digital fingerprint into a system that instantly sends information to the feds. When an inmate is booked into the facility.
Harris Gubernick/Dir, Bucks Co Corrections: "We get information back within a very short period of time with a degree of accuracy to clearly identify who we have in custody."
Reporter: If that inmate is an illegal alien, federal agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, can work to deport the person after he or she is done serving time.
Thomas Decker/ICE: "Removing criminal aliens from not only the communities, but the country."
Reporter: The technology is 5 years old, but in December, Bucks County became one of the first counties in the country to start using it. Over the next three and a half years, thousands of facilities nationwide will follow Bucks County and install the program. The fingerprints are entered into a federal database that links to the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security. DHS alone has over 90-million fingerprints.
Thomas Decker/ICE: "Builds cooperative relationships between law enforcement agencies."
Reporter: Linking the 1300 inmates at the Bucks County with law enforcement across the nation. And giving the feds the high tech help they need to make sure illegal immigrants don't slip through any cracks in the system. In Doylestown, Bucks County, Jackie Shutack, 69 News.

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