Dole: Deport illegal immigrants

Illegal immigrants arrested in North Carolina are being deported like never before, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole said at a press conference today.

"If they're thinking of coming to North Carolina to commit crimes, they darn well better not do it," Dole said. "Because we're going to catch them."

Dole held the press conference along with four county sheriffs just days after her Democratic opponent Kay Hagan held a meeting with sheriffs to discuss immigration, Kristin Collins reports. Dole says she has been the leader in calling for a crackdown on criminal illegal immigrants.

With Dole's support, sheriff's departments in North Carolina have teamed up with federal immigration officials to help deport illegal immigrants who come through county jails through a program called 287(g). Dole said about 500 people a month are now being deported with the help of North Carolina's local law enforcement.

Three sheriff's departments — in Wake, Henderson and Cumberland counties — are now training for a federal immigration program that will allow them to check the immigration status of their jail inmates and begin deportation proceedings.

Four sheriff's departments and the Durham Police Department already have the program. North Carolina is among the leading states in the nation for participation in the program.

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Re: Dole: Deport illegal immigrants

Submitted by SpocksBrain on June 1, 2008 - 11:17am.

Excuse me, senator, but the fact is, if you are an illegal immigrant -- you have already committed a crime. So....catch 'em! Why are standing around holding news conferences talking about it?

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Re: Dole: Deport illegal immigrants

Submitted by tangoz on June 1, 2008 - 12:01am.

I fully support Pat McCrory and Elizabeth Dole in their efforts to uphold our laws and return this state and country to a strong economy.
The Democrats in NC and in control of the US Congress need to be honest with Americans. Their massive government spending and massive tax programs cripple our economy.

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Re: Dole: Deport illegal immigrants

Submitted by Brittanicus on May 30, 2008 - 5:19pm.

This week South Carolina is joining Arizona, Georgia, Oklahoma, Missouri and Rhode Island, in the incessant battle to stop illegal immigration overrunning the nation. With gas prices what they are, and the chance of them rising even higher. If 20 to 38 million illegal aliens start returning home under the Federal SAVE ACT (H.R.4088), we will see the highways less congested as in Arizona, less people cramming into emergency hospitals, drop in crime rates and schools with smaller classes. Not publicized by the biased press, but a significant overhaul of this distressed border states, is showing a remarkable comeback from economic uncertainty. Give it time and South Carolina should see an equal financial economic stability's, when predator employers will have no alternative, but hire hire legal residents of your state.

If we can enact the federal SAVE ACT (H.R.4088) before Obama, Hillary or McCain pushes for another AMNESTY, we might see a unbelievable resurrection of Americas financial doldrums.
If the SAVE ACT is imposed, and the original two-tier fence is built to plan and not gutted by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her thrall. Then Congress can then draft a orderly guest worker law, that allows sufficient labor to work in America..without any right to AMNESTY or a path to easy citizenship. Guest workers cannot have that right, unless they apply for a work visa like everybody else who waits patiently in line. Read about how Arizona has become a remarkable example of a quick pick-up to its economy. Under pressure from

THE PEOPLE of Arizona and fighting against the adverse effect of illegal immigration. A governor with Mayors who sided against the population, have shown the way for other states.
(http://mensnewsdaily.com/2008/05/15/striking-changes-in-arizona-as-illegal-immigrants-flee-the-state/#comment-62672 ) More intelligence for you to absorb. (http://www.newswithviews.com/Stuter/stuter125.htm) See unsuppressed details at NUMBERSUSA. By Demanding that the potentates of the Democratic party co-author the Federal SAVE ACT (H.R.4088) we can 'SAVE' American jobs and our future.

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