Jail ID plan finds illegal immigrants in trial run

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Sheriff says program could lead to 1,000 deportations a year

By TIM GHIANNI
Staff Writer

Five arrested immigrants were identified for federal detention this week during a test run of a new Metro Jail program that Sheriff Daron Hall says could lead to the possible deportation of up to 1,000 illegal aliens each year.

Thursday marked the graduation ceremony for 15 Davidson County sheriff's deputies who have been specially trained by federal authorities to check the immigration backgrounds of every foreign-born prisoner booked at Nashville's main lockup.


A day earlier, eager to begin after completing their five-week Immigration and Customs Enforcement training, deputies pulled the records of a handful of inmates who were serving time after having been convicted of crimes.

"It was discovered all five of them were here illegally," Hall said Thursday.

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[Bob]

the US needs to pump some of the billions of dollars we piss away each year into Mexico. If the quality of life was better, there would be fewer illegals..

[Deleted]

Isn't that called NAFTA?

[Felix]

bob observed of the problem of Mexican illegals: If the quality of life was better, there would be fewer illegals.. True. True.

And if we managed to really shut down the illegal immigrants, without any change in the Mexican economy, the whole country would go rather further south than it is already, figuratively speaking.

And that would have all sorts of unpleasant consequences unintended by the vocal anti-Mexican folks in this country. Chaos just south of our border would not be good for anybody in this country.

[Jay]

Nothing is ever easy or simple, 'eh?

~J

[Longshot! [ Saint ]]

But it would certainly be entertaining.

Like Mexico recently voicing its displeasure with our efforts in keeping illegal immigration of their people into our country. I mean...am I the only one that sees a flaw in this logic? No, really. I'm not above it being 'Me' in this case. if something so stupid is so pervasive.