Thread: N.C.: Citizenship checks sought

Posted on Wed, Aug. 29, 2007
Citizenship checks sought
EMILY S. ACHENBAUM
U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick and Mecklenburg County Sheriff Jim Pendergraph called Tuesday for North Carolina to begin determining the citizenship of all inmates entering the prison system.
Myrick said the program would resemble the current illegal-immigrant screening at Mecklenburg's jail, where about 2,600 illegal immigrants have been identified since May 2006.

Myrick and Pendergraph want state prisons to check inmates' citizenship during their initial screening, when prison officials fingerprint and photograph them.

Once the inmates have served their sentences, those already marked as illegal immigrants would be turned over to federal authorities and deported, rather than returning to N.C. communities, Myrick said.

Myrick, R-Charlotte, said she sent a letter to Gov. Mike Easley on Monday, urging him to arrange with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to begin the inmate screening. She said she did not know how much the program would cost, but that "we want to get as much as we can." She said the money would come from the federal level.

A spokesman for Easley, reached Tuesday night, did not immediately know whether the governor's office had received the letter.

Pendergraph's program has already "saved Mecklenburg County taxpayers significantly by allowing (the sheriff) to reduce the number of recidivist, criminal illegal aliens," Myrick said. Once a Mecklenburg inmate has been identified as illegal, the sheriff's office notifies federal authorities, who begin drawing up deportation papers.

Gaston and Alamance counties also check citizenship at their jails. Cabarrus County and York County, S.C., are about to start the same program. Others in North Carolina, including Union County, have applied for the program, but are on a waiting list, Myrick said.

Nationally, only Arizona and New Mexico screen all state inmates, she said.

Myrick said her goal is to have all N.C. county jails and state prisons -- and eventually prisons around the country -- looking for illegal immigrants.

Tuesday's talk of the screening program is one of a couple of immigration-related initiatives recently announced in Charlotte:

• Two weeks ago, Pendergraph announced federal immigration officials want to build a 1,500-bed detention facility in Mecklenburg to house illegal immigrants before they're deported. The center, the first in the country, would be the final stop for illegal immigrants from the South and mid-Atlantic regions.

• About six months ago, the U.S. Department of Justice announced plans to open an immigration court in Charlotte early next year.

http://www.charlotte.com/local/story/254921.html

Would some bright scientist please develop a "traitor check" for our officials in government?Imagine how much destruction could be stopped.

Good.

Sue Myrick has been begging for an immigration court in North Carolina for several years now. She's one of a few who recognize the destruction illegal aliens bring to this state...and the nation as a whole.

Great news! You can bet I'll be contacting the NC politicians on this.

Wish they would have had a handful of state politicians pushing it with them. I imagine Easley cant remember which circular file he placed it in.

Really hope they can get moving on this soon. I called my rep office and they said they will pass it on. Unfortunately our Orange rep is pro-illegal.

From Virginia:

6-10% of local jail inmates said to be illegal immigrants

An estimated 6 percent to 10 percent of local jail inmates in Virginia are believed to be illegal immigrants, according to preliminary figures released yesterday.

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx. ... -0118.html

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Eliozabeth Dole spoke of this on the news last night. She stepped up a few notches in my esteem for her concern. I guess we are getting through to her and she realizes there is a problem finally.

Sue Myrick is looking for votes. She sold out her district on the CAFTA issue. She said big business begged for it, said it would save jobs...

Sorry Sell Out Sue, I do not buy it. Yes, make a difference on immigration, then move to one of those CAFTA countries you so well love.

Dole was on our side during the amnesty bill debate!! She voted against it!!
I am sick of hearing it is the feds job there is no way we can make any head way with out local police involved.


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