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January 11, 2007
 
 

Texas Leads the Nation in Helping Deport Illegal Aliens From Local Jails


"Texas has one of the best records for working with the federal government to deport prisoners who are illegal immigrants, the Justice Department's inspector general said Monday. Though the federal government pays more than $287 million yearly to help state and local agencies defray the costs of jailing illegal immigrants, prison officials don't always bring these inmates to the attention of federal immigration authorities, Inspector General Glenn Fine said in a new report," the AP reports. "Fine singled out Texas as a state that has provided 'significant cooperation' to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in forcing illegal immigrants to leave the country once they've finished serving their prison sentences. 'We do work very closely with ICE, particularly in the discharge process,' said Michelle Lyons, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice."

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