{"id":2339,"date":"2009-07-15T18:10:30","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T22:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2009-07-15T18:55:22","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T22:55:22","slug":"audio-wabe-fm-radio-atlanta-gwinnett-puts-controversial-deportation-program-on-chopping-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/15\/audio-wabe-fm-radio-atlanta-gwinnett-puts-controversial-deportation-program-on-chopping-block\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dustin Inman Society in the news AUDIO  HERE &#8211;  WABE FM radio Atlanta:  Gwinnett puts controversial deportation program on chopping block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>WABE FM radio Atlanta<\/em><br \/>\nNPR\/PBA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gwinnett puts controversial deportation program on chopping block<br \/>\n <\/strong>Charles Edwards (2009-07-15) <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>ATLANTA, GA (WABE) &#8211; When Gwinnett County votes on budget cuts Tuesday, it will decide the fate a controversial deportation program.<\/p>\n<p>Under 287g, federal immigration officials teach sheriff deputies how to screen jails for illegal immigrants leading to deportation. <\/p>\n<p>Gwinnett Commission chair Charles Bannister says the county&#8217;s sheriff wants to hire 18 deputies for the program.<\/p>\n<p>BANNISTER: &#8220;The folks here in Gwinnett County would want to move that program forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>287 G would cost Gwinnett almost 3 million dollars a year. It would be money well spent according to D.A. King. The Dustin Inman Society founder says the program has worked in other states.<\/p>\n<p>KING: &#8220;Where 287G is used, people in the country illegally leave whether it&#8217;s from deportation or fear of the law being enforced.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, Gwinnett resident and community activist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.napp.org\/disclosure\/linked_files\/7%20Strategies%20for%20New%20Clients.pdf\">Ron Rearden<\/a> argues deportation creates bigger problems for an illegal immigrant and their loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>REARDEN: &#8220;The family doesn&#8217;t know where they are and it is tearing families apart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If approved, Gwinnett would become the 4th Georgia county with the program<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicbroadcasting.net\/wabe\/news.newsmain\/article\/1\/0\/1530305\/Atlanta\/Gwinnett.puts.controversial.deportation.program.on.chopping.block\">HERE <\/a>for audio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WABE FM radio Atlanta NPR\/PBA Gwinnett puts controversial deportation program on chopping block Charles Edwards (2009-07-15) ATLANTA, GA (WABE) &#8211; When Gwinnett County votes on budget cuts Tuesday, it will decide the fate a controversial deportation program. Under 287g, federal immigration officials teach sheriff deputies how to screen jails for illegal immigrants leading to deportation. [&hellip;]<\/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\/2339"}],"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=2339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}