Thread: NC sheriffs release illegal immigration data

NC sheriffs release illegal immigration data


The Associated Press

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

RALEIGH, N.C. — Sheriffs in seven North Carolina counties have identified more than 3,100 people in their jails processed for deportation proceedings this year.

The North Carolina Sheriffs Association provided legislators Tuesday with data from a program in which sheriffs work with federal immigration officials to determine if people arrested are in the country illegally.

The deputies run names and fingerprints through federal immigration records to determine legal status. More than 4,500 people had been interviewed through the so-called 287(g) program through Sept. 30.

State law also requires jail operators in other counties to check the status of people charged with felonies or driving while impaired. Access to records is more limited. The first batch of data will be available early next year.

http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/state/ ... 49160.html

Why isn't the public being informed of these criminal undocumented immigrants? What is the big secret? Make all criminal undocumented immigrants information public; and put them in jail, then deport.

Who is hiring these undocumented immigrants? Information should not be a big secret.