Our local sheriff had a press conference today. Nearly two years ago he applied for 287g. He moving on this!

http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/il ... mbers.html

For Immediate Release
March 23, 2009


Kirk, Community Leaders and Sheriffs: Deport Illegal Alien Gang Criminals Following Conviction



GAO Report: 27% of federal inmates are previously convicted criminal aliens

Approximately 20% of Lake County jail inmates here illegally

Illinois #1 per capita gang member state in the nation



CHICAGO - U.S. Representative Mark Kirk joined with community leaders and area sheriffs today to announce the Alien Gang Removal Act, new federal legislation to crack down on illegal alien gang activity. Congressman Mark Kirk was joined by Mrs. Rosa Reyes-Prosen, Chair of the Latino Advisory Board, Pastor Laudir Lugo of Revival Temple Church in Waukegan, Evelyn Chenier, Executive Director of Waukegan’s Family First Center, Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran and Kendall County Sheriff Richard Randall.

Kirk disclosed staggering statistics from the Government Accountability Office, which found that 27 percent of federal prisoners are previously-convicted criminal aliens, costing taxpayers $1.2 billion a year. And a study conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of a sample of 55,322 convicted illegal aliens found that each inmate had been arrested an average of eight times for a total of 459,614 arrests. These arrests accounted for nearly 700,000 criminal offenses. (Graphic below)

“Illinois now leads the nation in per capita gang membership, fueled in large part by the growth of suburban street gangs,â€