Triad Sheriffs Speak On Federal Immigrant Program

POSTED: 5:49 pm EDT May 3, 2007
UPDATED: 6:21 pm EDT May 3, 2007

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The crackdown on illegal aliens in the Piedmont is growing, and so is the fear among Hispanic members of the community.

The Guilford County Sheriff's Department is the latest to apply for the federal program known as ICE -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Created in March 2003, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the largest investigative branch of the Department of Homeland Security, according to its Web site. The site says ICE's goal is "to more effectively enforce our immigration and customs laws and to protect the United States against terrorist attacks."

WXII 12's Bill O'Neil spent Thursday talking with members of the Hispanic community and two local sheriffs -- Guilford County Sheriff B.J. Barnes and Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson.

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