Next month, deputies will begin screening county inmates to see if they are in the country illegally.Deputies will begin interviewing all incoming inmates at the county's jails next month, sheriff's officials said. A second class of 12 deputies will start training as soon as the first session is concluded.
Beginning next month, in a separate program, the Costa Mesa city jail will be staffed with a federal immigration officer to screen that city's inmates, U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement officials said Tuesday.
The sheriff's program, a partnership with customs officials, is the fourth to get off the ground in Southern California. Sheriff Mike Carona has been pushing for his deputies to be trained to enforce federal immigration laws for more than three years.
Critics have argued that the plan will increase racial profiling and cause a chilling effect in the immigration community, making undocumented residents reluctant to report crimes for fear of being deported.
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1367436.php
**BIG BAZOO's take: Hallelujah! All politics is local......Since the lily-livered Republicans in Washington did not get the message from voters on immigration....local agencies are stepping up.....OC Sheriff's Deputies will identify illegals in custody so they can be deported to their country of origin!! Governers are starting to bill Washington for the costs of if illegals in their states.....and voters are fired up! It's about @$#%&$%^#$* time! This is long overdue!
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