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Feds to Check Jails for Illegal Immigrants

Program would boost deportation, though at steep costs

By Gabriel Winant,  Newser User

Posted May 19, 2009 10:17 AM CDT

(Newser) – The US government is ramping up a program to identify illegal immigrants being held in local jails for non-immigration crimes, and flag them for deportation, reports the Washington Post. Currently operating in 48 counties, the program will be screening every local jail by 2012. The...   Read full story »

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illegal immigrant • deportation • jail • illegal immigration • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • George W. Bush • President Obama

 
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