Associated Press
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - The sheriff will begin searching for illegal immigrants among the 3,000-plus inmates at the county's largest jail.
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve the program, which is similar to one that sparked controversy in Los Angeles County.
"What we gain from this agreement 1/8in San Bernardino County is that we will have coverage in that jail 24 hours a day, and it will increase the number of criminal aliens removed from the U.S.," said Kevin Jeffery, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent. "This program is an effort to remove the worst of the worst, to stop them from preying on their own communities."
Such arrangements are authorized under a 1996 federal law.
Posted by Richard at September 22, 2005