U.S. to push immigration checks to all local jails

**Jason** · 05-20-2009, 09:46 AM

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is expanding a program initiated by President George W. Bush aimed at checking the immigration status of virtually every person booked into local jails. In four years, the measure could result in a tenfold increase in illegal immigrants who have been convicted of crimes and identified for deportation, current and former U.S. officials said.

By matching inmates' fingerprints to federal immigration databases, authorities hope to pinpoint deportable illegal immigrants before they are released from custody. Inmates in federal and state prisons already are screened. But authorities generally lack the time and staff to do the same at local jails, which house up to twice as many illegal immigrants at any time and where inmates come and go more quickly.

The effort is likely to significantly reshape immigration enforcement, current and former executive branch officials said. It comes as the Obama administration and Democratic leaders in Congress vow to crack down on illegal immigrants who commit crimes, rather than those who otherwise abide by the law.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30817556/

bry623 · 05-21-2009, 06:38 AM

Good!!

yustr · 05-21-2009, 06:48 AM

Good!

**simpswr** · 05-21-2009, 07:22 AM

Seems entirely too reasonable for this congress to enact . .

dai · 05-21-2009, 10:03 AM

common sense

**djaburg** · 05-22-2009, 07:52 AM

Of course since we don't actually stop them from coming back in....

05-20-2009, 09:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jason Faugh a ballagh Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pasco, FL Posts: 8,417 OS: Windows Vista My System Blog Entries: 2	U.S. to push immigration checks to all local jails WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is expanding a program initiated by President George W. Bush aimed at checking the immigration status of virtually every person booked into local jails. In four years, the measure could result in a tenfold increase in illegal immigrants who have been convicted of crimes and identified for deportation, current and former U.S. officials said. By matching inmates' fingerprints to federal immigration databases, authorities hope to pinpoint deportable illegal immigrants before they are released from custody. Inmates in federal and state prisons already are screened. But authorities generally lack the time and staff to do the same at local jails, which house up to twice as many illegal immigrants at any time and where inmates come and go more quickly. The effort is likely to significantly reshape immigration enforcement, current and former executive branch officials said. It comes as the Obama administration and Democratic leaders in Congress vow to crack down on illegal immigrants who commit crimes, rather than those who otherwise abide by the law. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30817556/ __________________ Posting Tips \| Advice for New People \| Common Fixes \| Agus na damnaithe fágtha gan focal Glaoigh ormsa i measc na naomh

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bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,595 OS: winxp pro sp2	Re: U.S. to push immigration checks to all local jails Good!! __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain" - James F. Butler Jr.

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djaburg TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,162 OS: XP SP3/Vista/7 Server 2K/2K3/2K8	Re: U.S. to push immigration checks to all local jails Of course since we don't actually stop them from coming back in.... __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.