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WAKE County, North Carolina -- Wake Sheriff Donnie Harrison will get a dozen new officers to check the immigration status of those booked into the county jail and coordinate with federal authorities to deport those here illegally.
The Wake commissioners voted 7-0 Monday to grant the sheriff the new full-time positions. The operation is expected to cost the county $629,316 in the first year.
Similar programs are already running in four North Carolina counties, and several more are working to implement local initiatives to enforce federal immigration laws.
Posted by tyne at November 7, 2007