Thread: TX: City finds legal way to remove illegal immigrants

PULLING DOUBLE DUTY ON IMMIGRATION AND CRIME

What if communities could find an effective, legal way to remove illegal immigrants and reduce crime at the same time? And what if communities could do this without significant investments of money and manpower and without compromising the image of the city or the morale of its residents, visitors and businesses?

The city of Irving has done just that with its 24/7 Criminal Alien Program, created in September 2006 with Immigration and Customs Enforcement:

Irving detention officers worked with ICE agents, who made daily visits to the jail to interview suspected criminal aliens; those identified as illegal were immediately removed for deportation.
Irving began removing criminal aliens at the rate of 50 or more a month -- a huge increase over the four per month identified prior to the partnership.
But efficient process changes have allowed the program to become even more successful, says Irving Mayor Herbert Gears:

Irving detention officers have begun completing the initial screening process and setting up telephone interviews between suspects and ICE officials.
With this simple yet effective process change, Irving was able to determine the residency status of every prisoner 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
This transformed a successful program into a round-the-clock initiative with even greater returns; Irving now identifies and removes more than 130 illegal immigrants a month -- a 250 percent increase over 2006.
What is unique about this program is that it operates within current laws and utilizes existing resources -- without costing additional money, time or staffing resources, says Gears. And it allows the city and Police Department to play an active role in the enforcement of immigration laws.

Source: Herbert Gears, "Herbert Gears: Pulling double duty on immigration, crime," Dallas Morning News, July 9, 2007.

http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=14746

Relay this message to all States! The only problem is that our lax border security will allow them to walk right back.

Move this, as a model program, throughout the country.

Originally Posted by daggul

Relay this message to all States! The only problem is that our lax border security will allow them to walk right back.

Yes, but the idea is for them to have fewer and fewer places to come back to.

As more cities, towns, state, and counties begin to act, it just won't be a simple matter of how fast they can come back across the border and continue life like nothing happened and having suffered nothing more than a minor inconvenience.

I like Irvings program

As more cities, towns, state, and counties begin to act, it just won't be a simple matter of how fast they can come back across the border and continue life like nothing happened and having suffered nothing more than a minor inconvenience.

The good part about more local governments taking action is that it will keep the ACLU busy. We need to find a way to go after their funding.

I've said this all along! Since everyone knows most prisoners are illegals, start there and deport them! As word get out maybe the others will "self-deport".

What a great idea and yes,spread the word and keep the Anti American Civil Liberties Union hoppin !

The American people need to find a good team of lawyers and file a class action lawsuit against the ACLU ,their big business donors and the countries all these illegals come from...... there has to be a way......

Originally Posted by Nouveauxpoor

As more cities, towns, state, and counties begin to act, it just won't be a simple matter of how fast they can come back across the border and continue life like nothing happened and having suffered nothing more than a minor inconvenience.

The good part about more local governments taking action is that it will keep the ACLU busy. We need to find a way to go after their funding.

so true! if more local governments just take care of their own, it will make it harder for the aclu to continue its treasonous behavior.

So the way I read it, its the telephone interviews that are cutting the time and the cost? Very good.

I wonder if Hazelton, PA is doing that. That alone would help them.

130 per month? And this is only those in jail/prison? Just goes to prove the illegals are nothing but lawbreakers.