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    VA: Sheriff: Program Has Identified 863 People for Deportati

    Sheriff: Program Has Identified 863 People for Deportation

    Stan Barry addresses residents in online question-and-answer session
    By Nicole Trifone

    Sheriff Stan Barry answered questions from the public about Secure Communities, a program launched in March 2009, in an Ask Fairfax! session Nov. 30.

    The program allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement to check the immigration status and criminal background of every individual booked by Sheriff's deputies in order to identify and deport any criminal aliens convicted of Level 1 crimes. Level 1 crimes include such offenses as murder, rape, robbery and drug distribution.

    "It accomplishes identifying illegal aliens for deportation, but it keeps us from going into the community and making the citizens fearful of law enforcement and public safety," Barry said in a video statement after the session.

    Here is some of what Barry had to say:

    â–*ICE has identified 863 people for deportation since March 2009 and approximately half of those have been removed already.
    â–*Special video equipment was purchased in order to interview suspected illegal aliens, but it was paid for by the federal government.
    â–*No one is reviewed by ICE without having been charged with a crime. ICE would not have access to any information unless the person is booked into the Detention Center. 
    â–*Everyone who is booked into the jail is screened. There is no profiling involved. 
    â–*ICE has various criteria for identifying people for deportation. They are focusing primarily on level I offenders, but there have been some cases of level II and III offenders being deported. The Sheriff's Office would honor any federal detainer placed by ICE, regardless of the level of offense. 
    â–*The Sheriff's Office only has 24 hours notice before the prisoner is removed by ICE, which makes it difficult to notify legal counsel. But Barry said the office will look into establishing a system of notifying the courts when prisoners are being picked up by federal authorities.

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    I dont see drunk driving on that list. How may more of us do they have to kill?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pattyk
    I dont see drunk driving on that list. How may more of us do they have to kill?
    I can't document it but I believe ICE and DHS added DD after the uproar when a DD IA killed a Nun last spring.
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    Just found this:

    Jail for illegals facing drunken driving charges
    September 13, 2010 - 1:24pm
    Denise Mosier (AP)
    At the time of the head-on collision, Sister Mosier, 66, was asleep in the back seat. The nuns were six miles from the Benedictine Monastery in Bristow, where they were to attend an annual retreat. (AP)
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    WASHINGTON - Immigration officials now plan to incarcerate illegal aliens when they're arrested for drunken driving, WTOP has learned.

    "The message has gone out to the field offices: Take them into custody, and don't let them out on bond," a high-ranking source within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement tells WTOP.

    The new, tougher policy comes after the death of a Catholic nun, allegedly at the hands of an illegal immigrant with previous drunken driving arrests in Prince William County. Carlos A. Martinelly Montano, an illegal immigrant from Bolivia, was involved in the Aug. 1 crash that killed Jeanette M. Mosier and seriously injured two other nuns in Bristow. Mosier was know in her Benedictine Order as Sister Denise Mosier.

    After a 2008 drunken driving arrest, Montano, 23, had been detained by ICE but was released on his own recognizance, pending a deportation hearing. Mosier's death sparked outrage that Montano had not been in custody.

    Earlier, ICE said Montano's previous alcohol-related arrests did not meet guidelines for detaining him.

    "So even after a first DWI we have the authority to take him into custody. People in custody tend to go through the deportation process much faster," the ICE source said.

    Prior to this change, under the Obama administration, ICE had focused on removing violent criminals from the country. Some, including Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney Paul Ebert, had argued repeat drunken driving should be grounds for removal.

    Ebert says detaining them at the time of their arrest would not be a legal issue.

    "They still have rights under our judicial system, but on the other hand, if they commit a crime and are here illegally, they don't have any right to be released."

    Last week, a Prince William grand jury indicted Montano for felony murder, driving with a revoked license and maiming resulting from drunken driving -- the first time Ebert has prosecuted felony murder based on DUI.

    "The feeling is 'this should never happen again,'" says the ICE official. "The decision has been made to treat them like they would violent criminals."

    Asked by WTOP to confirm details of the policy change, ICE spokesman Brian P. Hale issued a statement:

    "ICE's highest priorities are apprehending and removing convicted criminal aliens, aliens who pose a danger to the community, and fugitive aliens. Aliens who are criminals, public safety threats, and fugitives are a main focus for the agency. That includes aliens convicted of DUI, particularly those already ordered to leave the country."

    Even with the new policy, scarce space in ICE detention centers may mean not all impaired drivers will be taken into custody immediately.

    "If you have a gang member and a first-time DUI and only one bed, you're going to keep the gang member in custody," the ICE source tells WTOP.

    Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart, who has been a sharp critic of ICE, says he's "excited" by the decision.

    "This is just the beginning. We have other dangerous criminals that ICE will continue to release until their deportations and that policy has got to change as well."

    Stewart has written to ICE requesting a list of all illegal immigrants in his county who have been released while awaiting deportation hearings. He says he has not heard from the federal government on his request.

    WTOP's Hank Silverberg contributed to this report.

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    how many of those deported have returned already?????

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