Sunday: Number drops for jailed illegal immigrant suspects

By CURTIS KILLMAN
Published: 12/5/2009 3:00 PM
Last Modified: 12/5/2009 3:00 PM

State and local law enforcement officials have sent over 900 people to the Tulsa Jail this year who were also suspected of being an illegal immigrant, but their numbers appear to be decreasing.

Since January, the number of Tulsa Jail arrestees suspected of being an illegal immigrant decreased 16 percent compared to the same time period in 2008, according to the World analysis.

And while all but a small fraction of those held for immigration officials were jailed for non-violent offenses, many of those would never face deportation had they just paid their traffic ticket on time, officials say.

“Most of ours comes courtesy of the Tulsa Police Department,â€