The Federal Authorities have determined that more than 111,000 immigrants with criminal records are held in local jails, during the first year of a program seeking to deport immigrants who have committed serious crimes.
Among the immigrants identified through the program, called Communities receiving, was charged with more than 11,000 or convicted of the most serious crimes, including murder and rape, domestic security officials said Thursday . Approximately 1900 of the deportees.
At a press conference in Washington, John Morton, the officer at the top of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, called the program "The future of immigration enforcement," because, he said, "not focused our resources on identifying and removing of the most serious criminal Parents the first place.
About 100,000 were convicted of keeping immigrants identified by the system less serious crimes from burglary to traffic violations, the officials said. Of these, more than 14,000 have been deported.
Obama officials are working on a major migration strategy in place to say the Bush administration, which focused on high-profile raids and searches in plant communities for immigration fugitives.
The Bush-migratory activities of Advocates objected, said they gave a racial profiling, especially Latinos, and many immigrants legal status is not entangled, but there were no crimes committed.
Obama officials receiving such Communities, which began under President George W. Expand rapidly under President Bush but Obama a reasonable way to free the government to concentrate resources on the deportation of immigrants is dangerous.
Immigration lawyers are still skeptical, saying the program lumps together relatively small offenses to serious crimes. They said the program encouraged local police to arrest anyone who suspects they have it on illegal immigration.
"All you do is get into the prison and immigration status can be checked," said Joan Friedland, immigration policy director of the National Immigration Law Center, immigrant advocacy group. Under the program, which began in October 2008 in Houston, has the fingerprints of every person to be booked into jail by the local authorities - including legal and illegal immigrants and U.S. citizens - compared with the immigration databases and federal criminal databases.
When checking on immigration both game and produce a criminal record, took place ice agents it may still be ordered in the custody of immigration.
Under an agreement with agencies in the program must take action within 48 hours of ice to keep agents or deportation proceedings against the most serious offenders. Legal immigrants are subject to deportation if they are convicted of certain crimes, and illegal immigrants can be deported, even if they committed any crime.
In the first year, went 95 cities in 11 countries or areas of the program. The police on Washington, DC, announced Thursday that it would participate. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said at the press conference that she hoped the program would expand to the entire country in 2013.
Most immigrants in the program stay in this country because the immigration authorities in general to criminal prosecution and sentences to run their course before they run Deportations.
The database checks have flaws, such lawyers. According to figures ice, around 5880 people identified by the program appear to be American citizens.
Among the immigrants identified through the program, called Communities receiving, was charged with more than 11,000 or convicted of the most serious crimes, including murder and rape, domestic security officials said Thursday . Approximately 1900 of the deportees.
At a press conference in Washington, John Morton, the officer at the top of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, called the program "The future of immigration enforcement," because, he said, "not focused our resources on identifying and removing of the most serious criminal Parents the first place.
About 100,000 were convicted of keeping immigrants identified by the system less serious crimes from burglary to traffic violations, the officials said. Of these, more than 14,000 have been deported.
Obama officials are working on a major migration strategy in place to say the Bush administration, which focused on high-profile raids and searches in plant communities for immigration fugitives.
The Bush-migratory activities of Advocates objected, said they gave a racial profiling, especially Latinos, and many immigrants legal status is not entangled, but there were no crimes committed.
Obama officials receiving such Communities, which began under President George W. Expand rapidly under President Bush but Obama a reasonable way to free the government to concentrate resources on the deportation of immigrants is dangerous.
Immigration lawyers are still skeptical, saying the program lumps together relatively small offenses to serious crimes. They said the program encouraged local police to arrest anyone who suspects they have it on illegal immigration.
"All you do is get into the prison and immigration status can be checked," said Joan Friedland, immigration policy director of the National Immigration Law Center, immigrant advocacy group. Under the program, which began in October 2008 in Houston, has the fingerprints of every person to be booked into jail by the local authorities - including legal and illegal immigrants and U.S. citizens - compared with the immigration databases and federal criminal databases.
When checking on immigration both game and produce a criminal record, took place ice agents it may still be ordered in the custody of immigration.
Under an agreement with agencies in the program must take action within 48 hours of ice to keep agents or deportation proceedings against the most serious offenders. Legal immigrants are subject to deportation if they are convicted of certain crimes, and illegal immigrants can be deported, even if they committed any crime.
In the first year, went 95 cities in 11 countries or areas of the program. The police on Washington, DC, announced Thursday that it would participate. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said at the press conference that she hoped the program would expand to the entire country in 2013.
Most immigrants in the program stay in this country because the immigration authorities in general to criminal prosecution and sentences to run their course before they run Deportations.
The database checks have flaws, such lawyers. According to figures ice, around 5880 people identified by the program appear to be American citizens.
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