Thread: GA:More Than 900 Gwinnett County Inmates to be Deported

More than 900 Gwinnett inmates to be deported

More than half had a previous criminal history

By ANDRIA SIMMONS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, February 05, 2009

Federal immigration officials flagged for deportation 915 foreign-born inmates at the Gwinnett County jail during a 26-day surge that ended on Thursday.

Of the inmates identified as being in the country illegally, 489 had a previous criminal history, said Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway.

Officials from the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the results during a joint press conference Thursday at the conclusion of a targeted enforcement effort that began Jan. 12.

Federal immigration officials worked in 15-person teams from 6 a.m. to midnight during that time frame to interview all the inmates and determine their immigration status. The inmates were charged with a range of offenses including murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, theft, traffic violations, and probation violation, said Larry Orton, assistant field officer director for the ICE Criminal Alien Program in Atlanta.

Gwinnett County is still waiting to hear whether it will be accepted into a federal program called 287(g) that would allow local jailers to begin deportation paperwork on criminal aliens, said Conway.

“I would like to see a program like this 24/7 at the Gwinnett County jail,â€

BY THE NUMBERS

Inmates flagged for deportation were charged with the following offenses:

Murder 13

Armed robbery 28

Kidnapping 11

Battery 15

Felony theft 34

Felony drug offense 154

Theft of motor vehicle 7

City or county ordinance violation 37

DUI 48

No driver’s license 226

Other felony 45

Misdemeanor probation violation 55

Felony probation violation 42

Rape 15

Child molestation 23

Aggravated assault 38

Family violence battery 12

Misdemeanor theft 30

Burglary 17

Obstruction 9

Hit and run 6

Homicide by vehicle 1

Other traffic 11

Other misdemeanor 37

Note: for inmates with multiple charges, only the most serious offense is listed.

Source: Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/ ... surge.html


Rev. Tracy Blagec, a spokesperson for Atlantans Building Leadership for Empowerment (ABLE), said she suspects many of the undocumented aliens in the Gwinnett jail committed only traffic violations.

“This is local enforcement trying to enforce something that should be corrected at the national level,â€

Oh how terrible. These people only came here to work, violate all our laws, rape, kill and drive drunk as they missed their families. GO GWINNETT!

OMG I wonder how big Gwinnett County is ?

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

OMG I wonder how big Gwinnett County is ?

FROM WIKIPEDIA. SOSAD...CHECK OUT THE POPULATION SURGE...WONDER WHERE MOST OF THAT CAME FROM?

Gwinnett County is a suburban county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created on December 15, 1818. As of the 2000 census, the population was 588,448. The 2007 Census Estimate placed the population at 776,380 [1]. It is estimated to be the 9th fastest growing county in the country in terms of numeral increase. The county seat is Lawrenceville[1].

The county was named for Button Gwinnett, one of the delegates to have signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence on behalf of Georgia.

This county is a part of the Atlanta Metropolitan Area (Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area). It contains many important suburbs of Atlanta, many of whose residents commute using Interstate 85. Despite recent efforts of forming a public bus system, the average commute time in Gwinnett County is 30.8 minutes, ranking it the highest in metro Atlanta and 18th highest nationwide (2003 census).

Gwinnett County's population is approximately 14 percent of the total Atlanta region population and has captured 26% of the region's growth since 2000, growing faster numerically than any other county in the region for the past 25 years running. It is the fourth-largest county on the list of 100 fastest-growing counties in the nation; to see large counties have a high percentage growth is quite rare.Gwinnett County Public Schools is the largest school system in Georgia and the fastest-growing in the entire Southeast, with 113 total school facilities and a projected 2007-08 enrollment of 159,258 students.

Someone from Gwinnett County is called a "Gwinnettian" (rhymes with "Venitian," referring to someone from Venice).

WOW,I am pleased and impressed ! :P

23 child molesters...Shame on the Reverend Blagec for her cold uncaring words to US citizens.

Thanks " PatrioticMe" very interesting and I can almost guess what the majority of the population of growth is.

Another good indication is they are worried about racial profiling which is usually done in area's with huge numbers of illegal aliens...

you know the areas where there is no one on the roads but people from the Latino race.

Of course it is only diverse enough for them, after they have taken over the schools and are in the majority...only then is it diverse in their eyes.

Watch the towns they yell racial profiling it is usually where they are Latino predominate.

It is called a silent invasion.....