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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas -- A northwest Arkansas mayor said he is willing to risk a lawsuit to go forward with a new program that allows local police to check a person's immigration status.
"The mood of this region and the mood of this country right now is that it's time that somebody did something about a problem in our country that is getting out of hand," Rogers Mayor Steve Womack told The Associated Press. "Illegal immigration is out of hand."
Immigration enforcement training recently completed by officers in Rogers, Springdale and the Benton and Washington county sheriff's offices was the target of criticism Monday by Mexican Consul Andres Chao. Chao is based in Little Rock and serves the Mexican population in Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
Posted by tyne at August 28, 2007