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Posted: 9:05 PM Nov 18, 2008
NC Sheriffs Release Illegal Immigration Data
Sheriffs in seven North Carolina counties have identified more than 3,100 people in their jails processed for deportation proceedings this year.
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Sheriffs in seven North Carolina counties have identified more than 3,100 people in their jails processed for deportation proceedings this year.
The North Carolina Sheriffs Association provided legislators Tuesday with data from a program in which sheriffs work with federal immigration officials to determine if people arrested are in the country illegally.
The deputies run names and fingerprints through federal immigration records to determine legal status. More than 4,500 people had been interviewed through the so-called 287(g) program through Sept. 30.
State law also requires jail operators in other counties to check the status of people charged with felonies or driving while impaired. Access to records is more limited. The first batch of data will be available early next year.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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Worried makes a valid point about the Arab benefits. However , we are talking two different things. This idiot government of ours comes up with these hare-brained programs and yet this country keeps putting in the culprits so that they can continue to do these stupid things. As for illegal immigration, it should not be allowed. I feel for the latinos who come here because they want a better life, but they must be made to do it LEGALLY. Meanwhile, Americans need to quit voting in these charlatans because they think that they will get something free, and vote for leaders who care about America as a whole. I will not hold my breath however, for that to happen.
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If someone of any ethnic group is in the US legally, there is nothing to worry about. Otherwise, jail and deport. I am weary of local elderly receiving substandard or no healthcare benefits when illegals go in and out of our clinics and ERs with a free pass. It's called not paying. If it makes an illegal angry, good. Go back to your native country and milk it dry.
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Worried citizen, what part of illegal did you not understand? I have no problem with hispanics coming to the US, I have problem with illegals that don't pay taxes, use our welfare systems and medical facilites and don't pay. Anyone that pays taxes are supporting the illegals no mater what country they come from. So, who really benefits from illegals, only buisness that used it as an excuse to make more money by paying employees less money.
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