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GRAHAM, North Carolina -- Some illegal immigrants in North Carolina are being deported after being jailed for traffic violations.
Opponents of the program to screen jail inmates' immigration status say deportations after traffic arrests hurt people who are basically law-abiding and productive. Supporters, however, say that the immigrants are being held to the same standards as citizens and that deportation is a just consequence of being in the country illegally.
Posted by tyne at November 15, 2007