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Published Jul. 5, 2008
If you are wondering why all those empty parking spaces at Walmart & Social Services lately, maybe this story will explain it. And it looks like things are getting better all of the time.
http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/3157521/
"More than 14,000 illegal immigrants have been deported from North and South Carolina and Georgia in the past eight months, according to federal immigration officials.
"The fact of the matter is that our officers deport people every day. Deportations are up every year. I attribute that to increased activities by the agency and increased resources," Barbara Gonzalez, a regional spokeswoman for the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement agency, told The Greenville News.
Federal agents find out about illegal immigrants in several different ways. Some jails screen all their prisoners and notify agents when they find someone in the country illegally. Others are caught in workplace raids or by fugitive teams.
Federal officials said 14,118 illegal immigrants in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia have been deported by the federal government since Oct. 1.
Anyone serving time for a crime must complete their sentence before immigration agents start to deal with them.
When immigrants lose their appeals to stay in the U.S., they are sent back on flights home to their native country, sometimes with an escort if their are certain risk factors, Gonzalez said.
Each flight costs taxpayers between $600 and $700 depending on the destination, Gonzalez said.
The Pickens County jail screens all its inmates to see if they are in the country legally. Officials have found 78 illegal immigrants since last August. Twenty of them have already been picked up by federal agents, with agents waiting for 11 more to finish their sentences, assistant sheriff Tim Morgan said.
The ones that are not picked up tend to have been charged with less serious crimes like reckless driving or disorderly conduct, Morgan said.
The federal Immigration Customs and Enforcement agency decides which immigrants to deal with based on who is the biggest threat to the community because of national security or public safety threats, Gonzalez said."
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July 6, 2008 8:18 a.m.
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July 5, 2008 10:58 p.m.
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July 5, 2008 10:53 p.m.
I kinda get tired of a lot of the ranting about illegal aliens. Most people talk only of latinos, but what about all the people from India, Russia, Korea, etc, etc, etc? Maybe they are not as prominent, but they are definitely here and illegal. I guess I get tired of it, because I know a lot of legal latinos and they constantly face ignorant assumptions.
But I guess that is true regardless of what country you live in. The world over, every country has some kind of problem or resentment about someone else from somewhere else living in THEIR country. I kinda wish I could live in Europe, but wonder if I would be seen as that 'horrible american' person. I have actually been cussed at in Brazil and Germany for being born in the U.S. I was rather amused by it, because it didn't involve a personal conversation or any personal knowledge of me, just ignorance.
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July 5, 2008 10:49 p.m.
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July 5, 2008 10:24 p.m.
A connotation can't be labeled or else it isn't a connotation.
GOLO member since January 3, 2008
July 5, 2008 10:24 p.m.
I agree, it sux for the legal ones, but there's just sooo many illegal ones, it becomes too easy to assume.
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July 5, 2008 9:56 p.m.
Their money should be confiscated to pay for their raft or donkey-rides back to where they came from (Mexico, Ireland, Kuwait, etc..). No Legal citizen should have to pay a penny and their trip back shouldn't be pleasant.
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July 5, 2008 9:44 p.m.
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