Thread: W VA-Illegal immigrant detention center proposed in WVa

Monday August 17, 2009
Illegal immigrant detention center proposed in WVa


FRANKLIN, W.Va. (AP) -- The Pendleton County Commission is holding a public meeting this month on a company's proposal to build a detention center for nonviolent illegal immigrants.

The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Aug. 27 at the Franklin Community Center.

GSI Professional Corrections proposed to build a detention center in the Brandywine-Sugar Grove area that would house up to 1,000 detainees.

Local and state officials are seeking federal backing for the center.

County commissioners endorsed a "cooperative partnership'' with GSI to establish and operate the facility in a July 10 letter to U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd.

Byrd said in an Aug. 4 reply that he would forward the county's letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.


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Although the numbers and per centage of the population of West Virginia represented by illegal aliens is very low they have a firm attitude against illegal immigration. The unemployment rate is high and many West Virginians commute for work to adjoining states where they are facing competition from the illegal aliens. This makes their voters acutely aware of the problem.