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Feds nix PWC immigration crackdown
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Filed under: WASHINGTON , Dan Genz , Immigration - Prince William County

(Brig Cabe/Examiner)
A crowd of mostly Hispanic individuals stands outside the Prince William County Adult Detention Center on Oct. 15 while the county board considered a resolution to deny services to illegal immigrants. Federal immigration officials have rejected a plan for a united illegal immigration crackdown in the county. Dec 12, 2007 3:00 AM (8 hrs ago) by Dan Genz, The Examiner

WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Federal immigration officials have nixed an ambitious plan to join together three police forces and a sheriff’s department in a plan to screen illegal immigrants at the Prince William County Adult Detention Center, forcing the applicants to apply again individually.

The decision by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement means the Prince William County Police Department’s plan to create a six-officer criminal illegal alien unit will be judged by itself and not with Manassas City and Manassas Park police and the Prince William Sheriff’s Department.

“We generally agree, the best way to do it is a central agreement, but ICE said they wouldn’t do that,â€