Thread: NC: Immigration program could be cut from Wake sheriff's bud

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Immigration program could be cut from Wake sheriff's budget
Posted: Feb. 2 4:57 p.m.
Updated: Feb. 2 9:22 p.m.

A program that tracks the immigration status of inmates in the Wake County jail may be in jeopardy as the Wake County Sheriff's Office looks at ways to trim next year's budget.

Wake County Manager David Cooke has already asked all county departments to cut their budgets by 4 percent and to begin looking at ways to reduce next year's budget by 10 percent, if further cuts are needed.

In July, 12 county detention officers began participating in the federal 287-G program, which costs about $500,000 a year to run and trains how to use federal data to determine the immigration status of people charged with crimes and to begin the deportation process for those found to be in the U.S. illegally.

More than 1,000 people have been identified through the program, which Sheriff Donnie Harrison calls successful.

"Yes, that will be one of the areas we will look at," Harrison said. "Will we eliminate it? We don't know yet."

Right now, when inmates are processed into the Wake County jail, they automatically have their immigration status checked using fingerprints, but if funding for 287-G is cut, only people charged with the most serious crimes will have their status checked.

Tony Asion, with the Hispanic advocacy group El Pueblo wants to see the program scrapped. He believes the federal government should handle immigration issues.

"It is costing the state and local communities an awful lot of money they shouldn't have to be paying for," he said.

But Harrison says without the program, citizens will be the ones who pay with a loss of public safety.

"There's a lot of people going to fall through the cracks," he said.

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4452789/

If 1000 Illegals have been id'd in six months wouldn't the logical next step be to find their illegal families and deport them?

Seems to me that if all illegal work thieves and their families were deported there would be no discussion on having to cut services to taxpaying American citizens since there would be far fewer "Leaches" sucking off the system?

Welfare costs would drop, Wic, education,Law enforcement, prisons................Well we all know the list already

ICE and police do your JOB.

1000 illegal aliens times $60/day while they are in jail = $60,000 for each day they are in jail. If they are in jail on average about 8 days the program pays for itself. And then to consider getting 1000 illegal alien criminals off the street so they dont commit another crime. Seems like spending the 500k is a no-brainer.