Thread: North Carolina Agencies Nab More Than 4,000 Illegals

North Carolina Agencies Nab More Than 4,000 Illegal Immigrants

Posted: Thursday, November 6, 2008
Updated: November 6th, 2008 10:23 AM EDT

From Staff Reports
The News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina)

RALEIGH -- More than 4,000 illegal immigrants were taken into custody in North Carolina during the past fiscal year after stepped-up enforcement efforts supported by local law enforcement agencies, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Overall, the agency's Atlanta Field Office reported the incarceration of 9,182 "criminal aliens" in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina in the year ending Oct. 30. According to a report ICE planned to release today, partnerships with the Wake County Sheriff's Office, the Durham Police Department and other local agencies led to record numbers of captures and deportations of criminal aliens.

The Atlanta office issued deportation orders for 17,955 illegal residents last year, up from 11,006 the year before.

The Criminal Alien Program enacted in June 2007 to address the issue of illegal immigrants incarcerated in federal and state prisons and local jails led to removal proceedings for 7,000 illegal immigrants in the three states, ICE said, compared with removal proceedings for 3,722 criminal aliens the previous year.

http://www.officer.com/online/article.j ... 1&id=44040

4,000 down approx. 496,000 to go! It's a start.

But with Bev Perdue as our next Governor I don't see much improvement happening!