{"id":2092,"date":"2009-02-05T21:05:38","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T01:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=2092"},"modified":"2009-02-05T21:13:43","modified_gmt":"2009-02-06T01:13:43","slug":"the-pre-287-g-surge-is-over-in-gwinnett-county-more-than-900-illegal-aliens-found-in-county-jail-in-just-26-daysenforcement-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2009\/02\/05\/the-pre-287-g-surge-is-over-in-gwinnett-county-more-than-900-illegal-aliens-found-in-county-jail-in-just-26-daysenforcement-works\/","title":{"rendered":"The pre -287 g “surge” is over in Gwinnett County. More than 900 illegal aliens found in county jail in just 26 days…ENFORCEMENT WORKS"},"content":{"rendered":"

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP! WE ARE ALMOST THERE IN GWINNETT! <\/strong><\/p>\n

Keep the calls and letters going in – I will have to wait until tomorrow to call the Sheriff Conway and to e-mail him<\/a> my thanks. I am off to do my HAPPY DANCE!<\/p>\n

NEWS!<\/p>\n

Below from the AJC!<\/p>\n

More than 900 Gwinnett inmates to be deported<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than half had a previous criminal history<\/strong><\/p>\n

By ANDRIA SIMMONS<\/p>\n

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/em><\/p>\n

Thursday, February 05, 2009<\/p>\n

Federal immigration officials flagged for deportation 915 foreign-born inmates at the Gwinnett County jail during a 26-day surge that ended on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of the inmates identified as being in the country illegally, 489 had a previous criminal history, said Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway.<\/p>\n

Officials from the Gwinnett County Sheriff\u2019s Department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the results during a joint press conference Thursday at the conclusion of a targeted enforcement effort that began Jan. 12.<\/p>\n

Federal immigration officials worked in 15-person teams from 6 a.m. to midnight during that time frame to interview all the inmates and determine their immigration status. The inmates were charged with a range of offenses including murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, theft, traffic violations, and probation violation, said Larry Orton, assistant field officer director for the ICE Criminal Alien Program in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

Gwinnett County is still waiting to hear whether it will be accepted into a federal program called 287(g) that would allow local jailers to begin deportation paperwork on criminal aliens, said Conway.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to see a program like this 24\/7 at the Gwinnett County jail,\u201d Conway said. \u201cGwinnett County is safer today because of this operation and the work these ICE agents did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cobb, Whitfield and Hall counties and the Georgia State Patrol already participate in the 287(g) program.<\/p>\n

Opponents say it would increase the likelihood of racial profiling and create distrust between law enforcement and immigrant communities.<\/p>\n

Rev. Tracy Blagec, a spokesperson for Atlantans Building Leadership for Empowerment (ABLE), said she suspects many of the undocumented aliens in the Gwinnett jail committed only traffic violations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is local enforcement trying to enforce something that should be corrected at the national level,\u201d Blagec said.<\/p>\n

She instead advocates federal measures that would speed the path to citizenship, allow more work visas and permit immigrants to obtain driver\u2019s licenses. (NOTE FROM D.A. -IMMIGRANTS HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING A GEORGIA DRIVERS LICESNSE – AND THEY DO NOT REQUIRE AMNESTY)<\/em><\/p>\n

BY THE NUMBERS <\/p>\n

Inmates flagged for deportation were charged with the following offenses:<\/p>\n

Murder 13<\/p>\n

Armed robbery 28<\/p>\n

Kidnapping 11<\/p>\n

Battery 15<\/p>\n

Felony theft 34<\/p>\n

Felony drug offense 154<\/p>\n

Theft of motor vehicle 7<\/p>\n

City or county ordinance violation 37<\/p>\n

DUI 48<\/p>\n

No driver\u2019s license 226<\/p>\n

Other felony 45<\/p>\n

Misdemeanor probation violation 55<\/p>\n

Felony probation violation 42<\/p>\n

Rape 15<\/p>\n

Child molestation 23<\/p>\n

Aggravated assault 38<\/p>\n

Family violence battery 12<\/p>\n

Misdemeanor theft 30<\/p>\n

Burglary 17<\/p>\n

Obstruction 9<\/p>\n

Hit and run 6<\/p>\n

Homicide by vehicle 1<\/p>\n

Other traffic 11<\/p>\n

Other misdemeanor 37<\/p>\n

Note: for inmates with multiple charges, only the most serious offense is listed.<\/p>\n

Source: Gwinnett County Sheriff\u2019s Department.\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP! WE ARE ALMOST THERE IN GWINNETT! Keep the calls and letters going in – I will have to wait until tomorrow to call the Sheriff Conway and to e-mail him my thanks. I am off to do my HAPPY DANCE! NEWS! Below from the AJC! More than 900 Gwinnett […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}