kentucky.com
KENTUCKY -- Gov. Ernie Fletcher wants illegal immigrants sitting in Kentucky's prisons to be deported and has asked the federal government to provide the training to make it happen.
In addition, he said, he will seek legislation that would require checking the immigration status of anyone arrested and brought to a regional or county jail.
In a letter to Julie Myers, assistant secretary of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Fletcher asked that the federal agency train at least five state Department of Corrections employees to perform immigration enforcement actions under a provision in federal immigration law known as 287(g).
"We don't want to be releasing illegal immigrants who are felons back into our community. It's a public safety issue," Fletcher said in a telephone interview yesterday. "We're just making sure we're not a safe haven for these individuals."
Posted by tyne at September 28, 2007