Gaston County Possible Jail Location For Illegal Immigrants

POSTED: 5:57 pm EST January 29, 2008
UPDATED: 6:10 pm EST January 29, 2008


GASTON CO., N.C. -- For most counties, locking up and detaining illegal Immigrants gets to be a tall order.

It's something Jim Pendergraph learned as sheriff in Mecklenburg County.

“There's no doubt in my mind that our jail space is one of the biggest issues that we have to deal with,â€