Goldsboro News-Argus
DUPLIN COUNTY, North Carolina --With illegal immigrants and gang activity continuing to increase in Duplin County, Sheriff Blake Wallace is hoping that his office will soon have a new way to address both problems.
Taking advantage of a little-used federal program that's been around since 1996, Wallace recently submitted an application to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for six of his deputies and two of his jailers to be trained to place detainers on illegal immigrants already in or entering the Duplin County justice system.
Those detainers, he explained, would identify and allow those illegal alien criminals to be deported after they serve their prison sentences.
Posted by Richard at February 19, 2007