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WESTCHESTER, New York -- Westchester is spending more than $2 million a year to supervise illegal immigrants who are on probation - people who should be deported, County Executive Andrew Spano said yesterday.
Spano held a news conference to push for increased federal immigration enforcement that would remove more probationers from the country.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is failing to deport even violent offenders because of limited resources, Spano said. About 700 of the 7,000 probationers in Westchester are undocumented, according to the county, including 200 felons.
"This is an issue about safety," he said. "These people probably kill more than terrorists do in the United States."
Posted by tyne at April 25, 2007