From the article: ... [Enforcing immigration laws] has deprived some families of their breadwinner, and kept mothers from their children. In some cases, their only offense is having a blown tail light.
Posted on 12/12/2010 5:58:06 AM PST by Zakeet
Charleston County detention officers have flagged hundreds of illegal aliens for deportation since they began screening the immigration status of inmates this year as part of a federal program.
Seventeen detention officers and supervisors at the county jail are authorized to enforce immigration law after completing four weeks of training by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. That allows them to directly tap into Department of Homeland Security computers to screen foreign-born offenders arrested for state and local crimes.
Between June and Nov. 30, officers have flagged 546 "criminal aliens" for deportation, said Chief Deputy Mitch Lucas, the jail's administrator. If the program had been in place all year, that number likely would have approached 1,700 people, he said.
These offenders come from around the globe, though most are from Mexico and Central America, officials said. U.S. Census estimates place the number of Hispanics living in Charleston County at about 12,500 people, or about 4 percent of the population. But many local officials think the actual number is much higher.
Authorities hail the program as a way to rid the county of undocumented criminals, but some worry it will chill law enforcement efforts to build trust and cooperation with the Hispanic community.
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Roughly 5.5 percent of the 31,000 bookings at the Charleston County jail this year have been referred to ICE for deportation or prosecution
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From the article: ... [Enforcing immigration laws] has deprived some families of their breadwinner, and kept mothers from their children. In some cases, their only offense is having a blown tail light.
Oh, and being here illegally. There, I fixed it.
Wouldn't a lot of these perps be preying upon members of that same Hispanic community?
It's the democrats messiah, Obama, I worry about. He will put a stop to this and protect Criminal Illegal Aliens. In his mind he has to do this to buy Hispanic votes.
Ping!
Regarding losing breadwinners and Moms being kept away from their kids: I’m sorry, I have as much compassion as the next guy. But when you make a conscious decision to break the law (by illegally breaking into my country) you should be prepared to accept the consequences. Illegals who bring their kids here are reprehensible parents.
Seal the border.
Illegals out!
South Carolina
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Only with those here illegally or those harboring them.
Why don't the police stop enforcing all laws so they can build trust and cooperation with everybody?
In Darlington County, SC, from the arrest records about 25% of the bookings are with those with Spanish surnames. Most are for DUI, Driving with no SC license, speeding, no insurance etc. One illegal told me they go to jail for 3 to 7 days and get 3 squares a day. Funny thing is he told me its always chicken. From what I know, NONE are referred to ICE. Free pass.
Seventeen detention officers and supervisors at the county jail are authorized to enforce immigration law after completing four weeks of training by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
Only 546? Big deal. Hell, there are thousands of ‘criminal domestic terrorists’ flagged every day at the airports.
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When you allow algae into the pool it becomes contaminated, cloudy and unusable. Allowing mllions of undocumented immigrants to flow into a nation will have the same effect. We are all at risk. Crime and overwhelming need for local and state governments to fund heavy social service needs will ( and already has) sink the very nation we love. Too bad our elected polticians have found a way to use these immigrants for reasons not associated with the common good of our own citizens. Pandering to illegals is nothing short of treason. File the papers, line up and wait to be called.
Yeah, and liberating Auschwitz put a lot of breadwinner guards out of work too. Cry me a river.
You’re welcome.
their only offense is having a blown tail light
Would this not also include no drivers license and no insurance.
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