Deputies help fight illegal immigration

CHARLOTTE — The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office calls its effort to fight illegal immigration a success. Last spring, the sheriff’s office partnered with the Department of Homeland Security to empower local deputies with the tools they need to spot illegal immigrants with criminal records and to take the first steps toward deportation.

“They are searched in a federal database to search for their prior criminal history and their prior immigration arrest,” said Sgt. Quinn Stansell.

Since May, local deputies have fingerprinted and processed nearly 2,000 inmates of questionable identity against federal records. The sheriff’s office found 930 to be here illegally.

The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office calls its effort to fight illegal immigration a success thanks in part to a partnership it has with the Department of Homeland Security.

“That success frankly has triggered interest throughout the entire country in our 287(g) program,” said Julie Myers, with the Department of Homeland Security.

The program has been around for years, but Mecklenburg County is one of the few communities taking advantage of the 287(g) program that allows local law enforcement to initiate the Federal Deportation Process for illegal aliens.

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