Thread: GA: Dad charged in stabbings just missed possible deportatio

Dad charged in stabbings just missed possible deportation

By Andria Simmons and Jeremy Redmon

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Things might have turned out differently for three children who were stabbed last week, two of them fatally, if the father accused of attacking them had been flagged as an illegal immigrant on one of four past trips to the Gwinnett County jail.

On Monday, Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway pointed to 23-year-old Elvis Noe Garcia as an example of why his department joined a federal program, known as 287(g), that gives deputies authority to question inmates about their immigration status.

Those found to be in the country illegally are detained and then handed over to federal immigration officers to begin deportation proceedings.

Garcia, an illegal immigrant from Honduras who worked as a roofer, was last arrested three weeks before the program took effect Nov. 16, 2009. Had the program been in effect then, Garcia would have been identified as an illegal immigrant and likely deported, Conway said.

“It’s just a tragic event and that things worked out like they did,â€

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Hey Dr. Muz-off-ar Chis-tee, what do you have to say about this "minor crime committing killer? He's one of those 50% you don't think should be arrested under 287(g) because it impacts the community.

The Migration Policy Institute studied how 287(g) is being implemented in seven U.S. municipalities, including Cobb and Gwinnett. Dr. Muz-off-ar Chis-tee is one of the study's authors:

"We looked at how the operation was happening in terms of what kind of people it was catching in its coverage, and then the kind of impact it was having at the local level."

The study found...50 percent of those caught in Gwinnett were jailed on traffic violations and misdemeanors - not violent crimes...

"If the principal goal of this program is to go after dangerous criminals or people of national security concern, then to have 50 percent in the pool which don't seem to fit that bill is off-pattern."

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