Roswell Police Ends Policy Of Holding Immigrants
Chief Says Conversations With Border Patrol,ICE 'Cast Doubt' On Detention Practice
POSTED: 12:06 pm MDT May 28, 2009
UPDATED: 12:09 pm MDT May 28, 2009


ROSWELL, N.M. -- Roswell police have stopped detaining undocumented immigrants for the Border Patrol.

Roswell Police Chief Rob Smith told the Police Council Committee that recent conversations with the Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement cast doubt on the practice.

Smith said Roswell police have detained suspected undocumented immigrants since he became an officer 32 years ago.

But he notified officers in a memo May 14 they no longer would incarcerate undocumented immigrants if the person's legal status in the country was the only charge.



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