GA-287(g) stats: Most foreign-born inmates here illegally
Updated: 10:50 AM Jan 27, 2010
287(g) stats: Most foreign-born inmates here illegally
LAWRENCEVILLE — On Tuesday, the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department released crime statistics associated with the recently implemented 287(g) program, including charges against, and nationalities of, detainees.
Posted: 7:36 PM Jan 26, 2010
Reporter: Heath Hamacher, Staff Writer
Email Address: heath.hamacher@gwinnettdailypost.com
Story 27 Comments Font Size: LAWRENCEVILLE — On Tuesday, the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department released crime statistics associated with the recently implemented 287(g) program, including charges against, and nationalities of, detainees.
As a direct result of the program, there are 996 charges pending against 464 defendants that deputies have screened and determined to be here illegally.
Prior to 287(g), which began on Nov. 16, 2009, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials had already placed 53 detainers on inmates at the Gwinnett County Jail, bringing the total number of immigration holds to 523.
Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Stacey Bourbonnais said statistics show that 62 percent of the jail’s foreign-born population is here illegally.
According to those statistics, 285 of the 464 287(g) detainers have been placed on illegal immigrants from Mexico, far more than Honduras, 50, Guatemala, 37, and El Salvador, 25.
Other detainees are from Africa (4), Cuba (3) and Brazil (2). The remaining 58 detainers fall in the “otherâ€
