A small step in the immigration problem
Local, federal officials dealing with illegals arrested, convicted of crimes
SOPHIA VORAVONG

Once a week, an investigator with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement stops by the Tippecanoe County Jail to screen and interview inmates listed as foreign nationals.

His intention is to find those arrested or convicted of crimes that qualify for deportation. Eleven people have been removed this year, according to Sheriff Tracy Brown. Thirty other inmates are on detainer.

“If they’re here illegally and committing crimes, they are draining our resources — law enforcement, the prosecutor’s office, judges and clerks,â€