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Smith County Cracks Down On Illegal Immigrants In Our Jails

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by Danielle Capper
2/12/2008-Smith Co.

If Smith County officials get their way, illegal immigrants may be going back to where they came from after they commit a crime. KLTV 7 first told you about a meeting with local and federal leaders to implement a new policy to help turn over criminals who are in this country illegally.

They are going to be asking more questions, and hoping to be told no lies.


Starting in the next few weeks more pointed questions will be asked of criminals being booked into the Smith County Jail.


"They are going to be asked certain quiestions. If there is even an issue of their status here illegal or legal," said Judge Floyd Getz.

Smith County Court At Law Judge Getz says authorities will then call immigration services who will conduct a phone interview to determine if they are here illegally and if so place a hold on them.

"When they are finished with their business here in Smith County we will notify immigration enforcement and they have 48 hours during business week to come and pick them up," said Judge Getz.

Judge Getz says he sees illegal immigrants in his court every week, and one incident last summer that killed a mother and her unborn child got his attention.

"A 16 year old here illegally had fake id papers, was driving while intoxicated ran into an expecting mother and her young child at front Street and Broadway ," said Getz.

After that incident Judge Getz thought more needed to be done locally to address the growing problem. He then contacted Smith County Sheriff J.B. Smith who said a similar system was in place, but he was open to a meeting to discuss new options.

"We are always looking for new procedures, anything to better expedite the process we are always looking for," said Sheriff Smith.

This program the 24/7 Criminal Alien Program or CAP is part of that. Modeled after the city of Irving near Dallas it's a stride local leaders say will help make this community safer.

Sheriff Smith says criminals who commit a misdemeanor above a Class C, in other words more than just a traffic ticket, will be picked up by immigration services.

Now Smith County Sheriff Deputies told us they have had a similar system in place and for example these three individuals have ice holds on their accounts. Their crimes range from burglary of a habitation, to DWI, to possession. Once their time has been served in East Texas jail they will be turned over to immigration services.

Also a part of this meeting was Congressman Louie Gohmert who supports this plan completely but says there is a bigger problem for the county.

"There is one big problem, we've got no jail space in Smith County. The sheriff indicated we have 150 prisoners shipped out to other jails in other counties. As soon as we get enough jail space our police, law enforcement, Smith County Sheriff's Department stand ready to detain anybody until they are transported and deported," said Congressman Louie Gohmert.

Danielle Capper, Reporting. dcapper@kltv.com

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In addition, State Legislators for Legal Immigration members also announced that they have entered into a working partnership with the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) to create a comprehensive package of model National Security Begins at Home legislative solutions that any state lawmaker can introduce to effectively shut down all economic attractions and incentives for illegal aliens.

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Organized in the same tradition of past Continental Congresses held in Philadelphia that brought forth both the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution, Pennsylvania State Representative and State Legislators for Legal Immigration founder Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler County) (First from Left) convened the first-ever National Security Begins at Home rally of state lawmakers from across the nation at the National Constitution Center on Friday, July 27.

Including Pennsylvania, lawmakers from 31 state legislatures, or 60 percent of the nation, have now signed on as members of this national coalition that is dedicated to the mission of protecting American lives, personal liberties, property and jobs from the clear and present dangers of illegal immigration.






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Each and every self-evident truth contained in the Declaration of Independence was designed to abolish all foreign government power from the borders of the American colonies.

Similar to the American Revolution, the personal and economic safety of Pennsylvanians and all American citizens depends upon definitive action being taken by our federal, state and local governments to end the ongoing invasion of illegal aliens through our borders.


State Legislators for Legal Immigration represents a 21st Century Declaration of Independence to protect Pennsylvanians and United States citizens from property theft, drug running, human trafficking, increased violent crime, increased gang activity, terrorism and the many other clear and present dangers directly associated with illegal immigration.

Since Washington DC remains AWOL on fulfilling its Constitutional responsibilities to secure our nation's borders against foreign invaders, it is not only incumbent, but the obligation of state lawmakers in Pennsylvania and across the nation to step up and do the job that our federal government refuses to do.

State Legislators for Legal Immigration has been formed to serve as a unifying force to bring all levels of government together to terminate America’s illegal alien invasion from the Keystone State of Pennsylvania; to every city, community, small town, main street, front porch and back yard; across our fruited plains; and from sea to shining sea. Once the economic attractions of illegal jobs and taxpayer-funded public benefits are severed at the source, these illegal invaders will have no choice but to go home on their own.



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State Legislators for Legal Immigration is a nation-wide coalition founded by Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl D. Metcalfe (R-Butler) to provide a network of state legislators who are committed to working together in demanding full cooperation among our federal, state and local governments in eliminating all economic attractions and incentives (including, but not limited to: public benefits, welfare, education and employment opportunities) for illegal aliens, as well as securing our borders against unlawful invasion.


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Article 4, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution states that our government “shall guarantee” to every state in this Union a Republican form of government and shall protect each of them against INVASION.”


2. When illegal aliens invade our individual states and communities all levels of government have a responsibility to protect their citizens.


3. State and local governments have an obligation to protect the lives, property and individual liberties of their citizens.
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POSSIBLE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN LAUREL/CENEX VEHICLE REGISTRATION STING


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Story updated Feb 12, 2008 at 8:56 PM MST

LAUREL - A vehicle registration sting Monday night targeting Laurel Cenex workers turned into an illegal immigration round up. County officials say at least 14 illegal immigrants were taken into custody Monday night, one immigrant being only 15 years old.
It all happened in front of the Cenex refinery in Laurel during a shift change. Sheriff Maxwell says both the county and the Montana Highway Patrol were called to the plant after receiving several complaints about workers violating vehicle registration laws. The sheriff says he was stunned when the department discovered more than a dozen illegal workers.

"Shock and surprise, we never anticipated this would be an issue during this just operation with the patrol," said Sheriff Maxwell. Maxwell says immigration service officials now have the illegal immigrants in their possession. He says they are now awaiting possible deportation out of the United States.

Maxwell says more inquiries are likely to determine how the illegal workers ended up at the Cenex refinery.

Cenex Refinery manager Pat Kimmet said he was aware that many license plates were out of date, but said he is very surprised to hear the refinery may have been employing illegal immigrants.

He said employees are hired through third party contractors, and those firms are required to obtain all necessary legal forms. Kimmet said he has asked all contractors to check to make sure every employee has provided the proper paperwork.

He said the refinery has had many previous visits from immigration officials and have never had a problem.

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ILLEGAL ALIEN TASK FORCE ARREST NINE IN OKALOOSA

Andrew Gant
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February 12th, 2008

Nine people were arrested Tuesday at restaurants in Okaloosa County as lawmen searched for illegal aliens.

The arrests included one restaurant owner who ran from a task force.

Most of the charges fell on Los Rancheros on Eglin Parkway in Fort Walton Beach, where seven employees were charged with criminal use of identification information, according to a Sheriff’s Office press release.

A 17-year-old who was visiting a friend at Los Rancheros also was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear in court. The juvenile was charged with providing a false name, the release stated.

At the Panda China Buffet on Miracle Strip Parkway, co-owner Shuy Liang D-ong was arrested after he ran from sheriff’s deputies and tried to hide in a shed, according to the release.

D-ong, of Coral Drive in Fort Walton Beach, is charged with burglary to an unoccupied structure and resisting arrest without violence.


In Crestview, lawmen are still investigating JB’s Chinese Buffet on South Ferdon Boulevard.

A 14-officer task force comprised of sheriff’s deputies from Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties and Fort Walton Beach police executed the raids.

All three restaurants are under stop-work orders from the Worker’s Compensation Compliance office. The foreign-born suspects will be reported to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Okaloosa sheriff’s spokeswoman Michele Nicholson.

Daily News Staff Writer Andrew Gant can be reached at 863-1111, Ext. 1432.

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ARRESTED:

1. Guadalupe Gutierrez-Vallerio, 23, of Tooke Street, Fort Walton Beach — server at Los Rancheros

2. Maria Del Carmen Sanchez, 24, of Temple Avenue, Fort Walton Beach — cook at Los Rancheros

3. Oscar Fernando Salazar Chama, 34, of Forrest Street, Fort Walton Beach — bus boy at Los Rancheros

4. Tania Padilla, 23, of Tooke St, Fort Walton Beach — waitress at Los Rancheros

5. Jorge Ramos, 30, of Bradford Street, Fort Walton Beach — waiter at Los Rancheros

6. Olegario Seis Pintor, 32, of Rose Marie Lane, Fort Walton Beach — waiter at Los Rancheros

7. Luis Alberto Lopez, 25, of Rose Marie Lane, Fort Walton Beach — waiter at Los Rancheros

Wyoming Rejects Illegal Immigration Bill



By BEN NEARY Associated Press Writer
© 2008 The Associated Press
Feb. 13, 2008, 11:03AM



CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A bill that sought to make it a felony to harbor or transport illegal immigrants in Wyoming died Tuesday when it failed to receive the required two-thirds vote for introduction in the House of Representatives.

Rep. Pete Illoway, R-Cheyenne, had sponsored the measure. Although Hispanic groups have criticized similar legislation in other states, he said the bill wasn't aimed at any particular ethnic group here.

"There's been a lot of comment on this particular proposal, and I felt that if the federal government won't do it, then the states at least need to take a look at what's termed illegal immigration," Illoway said.

Illoway's legislation was modeled after an Oklahoma law that took effect late last year.

In addition to making it a felony to harbor and transport illegal immigrants, the Oklahoma law places restrictions on employment and bars illegal immigrants from receiving non-emergency government aid.

Opponents of the Oklahoma law have said it has terrorized Hispanics there and driven thousands of people _ documented and undocumented workers alike _ from the state.

Rep. Keith Gingery, R-Jackson, said he agreed with Illoway about the issue, but opposed the bill as inappropriate for state government action. Gingery said that if Illoway wanted to run for Congress and pursue the issue there, he would support him.

Rep. Pete Jorgensen, D-Jackson, said he agreed illegal immigration is an important issue, but said that there wasn't time to address it in the budget session.


Rep. Floyd Esquibel, D-Cheyenne, said that while there was no doubt the country needs an immigration policy based on common decency, he said Illoway's proposal would put fear into innocent people, such as landlords and bus drivers.

Rep. Mary Gilmore, D-Casper, said it would be bad policy for the state to act on the immigration matter without hearing first from the federal government.


"Whether we want to admit it or not, these illegal immigrants provide services in the agricultural industry, in the food industry, and in construction," Gilmore said, adding that she doesn't perceive any problem with illegal immigrants in the state.


"Some of these illegal immigrant people are taking jobs that we deem undesirable," Gilmore said.

Illoway responded that there are existing procedures in law that allow immigration from other countries. He said he understood from Gilmore's comments, "that it's OK to be illegal and take jobs."

The bill failed by a vote of 30-30.

Oklahoma gets tough on illegal immigration



SOURCE: Dallas Morning News research
12:00 AM CST on Thursday, February 14, 2008



Last year, the Oklahoma Legislature passed a law that:

• Restricts illegal immigrants' access to driver's licenses and ID cards.

• Cuts off several forms of public assistance for illegal immigrants. Emergency medical care, disaster aid and certain immunizations are exempted.

• Makes it harder for illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition.

• Encourages state and local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration law.

• Makes it a felony to harbor, transport, conceal or shelter illegal immigrants.

• Requires state and local governments to use a federal database that allows them to check potential employees' work eligibility.


• Starting this summer, private employers and government contractors will have to verify employment eligibility of all new hires. Employers who don't could be sued.



This year, Oklahoma lawmakers are considering bills that would:

• Designate English as the state's official language.

• Let law enforcement seize the property of those who transport, hire or rent to illegal immigrants.

• Make public schools report how many illegal-immigrant children are enrolled.

• Repeal last year's law.

• Repeal all of last year's law, except for its ban on most public benefits.

Senate Passes Illegal Immigration Bill


By Bradley Vasoli, The Bulletin
02/13/2008


Harrisburg - A measure to require anyone applying for welfare benefits in Pennsylvania to provide proof of legal residency passed the Republican-controlled Senate State Government Committee yesterday.

Senate Bill 9, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson), passed 7-4 along party lines with Mr. Scarnati voting as an ex officio member. Provisions in his legislation would apply to anyone seeking Medicaid, cash benefits, in-state college tuition or housing assistance.


In addition to submitting photo identification, those requesting benefits must sign an affidavit assuring that they reside in the United States legally. Signers' backgrounds would be checked via the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification of Entitlement Program.

The senate GOP leadership has said the number of illegal immigrants living in Pennsylvania is now roughly 100,000.

"Without question, we have too many illegal aliens in this country and in this state," Mr. Scarnati said. "This bill acts to discourage illegal behavior, and prevents actions that could place our citizens in financial jeopardy."


Passage in the Democrat-led state House of Representatives looks a bit less probable. Rep. Scott Perry (R-Cumberland) has sponsored legislation codifying the requirements in the Senate bill, but Democrats have opposed moving the bill out of committee. Gov. Ed Rendell (D) has indicated he does not support efforts to pass such measures.

Mr. Scarnati disputed suggestions made by some that the federal government has the proper jurisdiction to enforce stipulations, already made in federal law, that disallow illegals to receive benefits. The national government, he said, has been too lax. Pennsylvania too has not been stringent enough up to now, he said.

"Pennsylvania residents should not be asked to sacrifice their hard-earned dollars to support those who have entered this country illegally," he asserted. "They are taking money and services away from legitimate taxpayers. If illegal immigrants can obtain benefits here they will be more likely to come to Pennsylvania. Aliens who are living outside the law should be forced to return to their home and go through the legal immigration process."

Lawmaker: Illegal Immigrants' Cars Should Be Seized


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POSTED: 3:46 pm EST February 13, 2008
UPDATED: 4:29 pm EST February 13, 2008


ATLANTA -- Immigrant groups are pouncing on a bill that’s gaining steam at the state Capitol to allow the seizure of cars belonging to illegal immigrants.

On any given day in Georgia, thousands of illegal immigrants are driving on the roadways, many of them uninsured.

State Rep. James Mills said he wants to make all illegal immigrants think twice before getting behind the wheel.

“The front door and the back door of our nation has been kicked in,” Mills said. “It's time that we secure the house in Georgia.”


Mills’ bill would allow law enforcement officers to confiscate someone’s vehicle if that person cannot prove he or she is in the United States legally.

That would apply to illegal immigrants involved in car wrecks and those who have been pulled over for minor traffic violations.

Sarah Katz is a policy analyst for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund. She wants to know how legal immigrants will be able to prove they’re legal on the side of the road.

“There's no ID that says I'm a U.S. citizen,” Katz said. “Even myself, I don't carry around my birth certificate. My driver's license is not an indicator of my legal status.”

“Georgia Legislature is out of control and they need to make sure that they reign in some of these xenophobic, racist legislators that are targeting the immigrant community specifically for these reasons,” said Jerry Gonzales, executive director of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials.

Mills said he stands by his legislation.

“They broke the law to get here,” Mills said. “They're breaking the law by driving on our roads with no driver's license. They're breaking the law by driving on our roads with no insurance. Our law abiding citizens are footing the bill.”

Under this bill, proceeds from the sale of confiscated cars will either go to the legal citizens injured in the crashes or the local government in which the car was pulled over on a traffic stop.


The bill is expected to have some intense debate when it comes up in a house committee early next week.

Immigration debate gets emotional

Discussion in Topeka centers on Sen. Peggy Palmer's proposed Kansas Illegal Immigration Relief Act.


BY CHRISTINA M. WOODS
The Wichita Eagle
TOPEKA - Talk of anti-illegal-immigration proposals generated emotional debate Wednesday between constituents and lawmakers.

The Kansas African American Affairs Commission and the Kansas Hispanic and Latino American Affairs Commission coordinated the forum to allow people to ask lawmakers about pending legislation.


The rocky discussion centered on Sen. Peggy Palmer's proposed Kansas Illegal Immigration Relief Act. Among other things, it would require businesses to verify job applicants' employability and allow police to ask about any person's citizenship during an arrest.

"It's a federal issue on who comes in and who leaves," said Palmer, R-Augusta. "States can do something, and that's to stop rewards."


Her bill would also repeal a state law that allows certain illegal-immigrant students to pay in-state tuition, provided they get on a path to citizenship, among other objectives.

Hearings on Palmer's and other immigration proposals are expected late this month.

"I've studied the issue to understand the issues," Palmer said to a crowd of about 50 people. "It's not to hurt anybody, and it's not to hurt businesses."

Palmer said she's responding to her constituents' concerns. She said Kansas could become a sanctuary state if lawmakers don't respond, especially with neighboring states passing or creating legislation targeting illegal immigrants. Oklahoma, for example, has enacted one of the toughest anti-illegal-immigration laws in the nation.

"This is not about the people who came into the country like my forefathers," she said, adding that terrorism is a concern.

Robert Snyder, a Wichita businessman in the audience, responded, "These people aren't terrorists."

When Palmer said her bill would deny illegal immigrants public welfare benefits, people in the audience asked for statistics showing which benefits illegal immigrants receive through the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services. Palmer offered to meet with them to further discuss the issue but did not provide any statistics.

Reps. Ann Mah, D-Topeka, Jim Ward, D-Wichita, and Delia Garcia, D-Wichita, also addressed the crowd.


Deborah Dandridge, a member of the Kansas African American Affairs Commission, questioned how people can identify illegal immigrants. She said it seems legislative proposals are concentrating on people who "look a certain way."

"I'm not being discriminatory," Palmer said. "That upsets me terribly. We're all Kansans."

Deltha Q. Colvin, vice president for student affairs at Wichita State University, was in Topeka to receive a state award for community service. Colvin called for fairness.

"Right now you're saying this whole group is against you, and we've not said that," Colvin told Palmer. "Let's be fair if we can."

Steve Cisneros, executive director of the Hispanic and Latino American Affairs commission, escorted Palmer out of the auditorium after several more questions.

"I thought it was very admirable for Senator Palmer to address a crowd that was probably 90 percent on the opposite side of her legislation," he said.

Luis Figueroa, legislative staff attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, a civil rights organization, said Kansas lawmakers should study state-specific data on the impact of illegal immigration before taking action.


"Fear-based legislation leads to fear-based behavior," he said.

Following Palmer's address, Don Jordan, secretary of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, addressed the notion of illegal immigrants receiving public benefits.

He said the only service his agency extends is foster care, following a judge's order.

"We don't ask about citizenship" in those instances, he said. All other services, such as food assistance, require people be U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents.

"I believe we can enforce these laws and achieve what people want without creating a spirit of fear and distrust," Jordan said.

Several lawmakers, including Rep. Nile Dillmore, D-Wichita, are pushing for an audit that would examine, among other issues, the fiscal implications of illegal immigration.

Figueroa told the crowd that Kansas shouldn't be quick to adopt more legislation.


"Kansas should wait and see how court decisions play out and what the economic implications in Oklahoma and the moral implications are and how they're playing out as a result of anti-immigration legislation," he said.

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Paris Hilton has been banned from visiting sister Nicky's new house.

Nicky revealed she has forbidden Paris from coming over, because 'The Simple Life' star steals all her interior design ideas.

"I told her she isn't allowed to come over if she copies me," Nicky said.

Hotel heiress Nicky has just bought her first house - located just above Hollywood's Sunset Strip - and is pleased the décor reflects her personal taste.

Nicky said, "I don't want my house to look like a page you see in a catalogue. I like drama when it comes to design."

As the great-granddaughter of Hilton Hotel magnate Conrad Hilton, Nicky spent a lot of her childhood in hotels, but prefers to return to the same house every night.

She told America's In Style magazine, "Growing up in hotels, I was definitely spoiled. I miss having fresh sheets and room service every day. Still, it's nicer to have my own house."
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S.C. Senate Pass Illegal Immigration Bill

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UPDATED: 10:46 am EST February 14, 2008



COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A bill requiring both public and private employers to check if their employees are illegal immigrants and making it a crime to create or use false documents to get a job was approved Wednesday by the South Carolina Senate.


The bill also prohibits illegal immigrants from attending public colleges, bars them from getting state scholarships to private colleges, creates a felony for harboring or transporting illegals, and allows fired workers to sue their employers if they're replaced by an illegal immigrant.


The legislation will now go to the House, which passed its own version that only required businesses with public contracts to check for illegal immigrants. If the House doesn't pass the Senate bill, the legislation will go to a conference committee.

While the bill passed the Senate unanimously, some senators said it has a large loophole for private employers. But one of the objectors, Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell, said some form of illegal immigration legislation needed to pass.

"If we sit and do nothing and other states pass stiffer laws, the concern is the state is going to get flooded with illegals," McConnell said.


The bill requires businesses with public contracts to hire employees who have an approved driver's license or use a federal program to check their legal status.


But it gives private businesses a third option of using a federal Employment Eligibility Verification form, also called the I-9 to verify that employees are authorized to work in the country.


McConnell and Sen. Chip Campsen argued the form is the basis of the illegal immigration problem because federal law forbids any verification of the documents used to complete it.

That allows illegal workers to get away with using fake Social Security cards or driver's licenses from states whose requirements are less strict, the Isle of Palms Republican said.

"You're building on a false foundation," Campsen said. "Eventually, people will understand that if you allow the I-9 to be the verification document, you do the same thing the federal government has done, which is nothing."

Federal law also prevents states from seeking criminal penalties against businesses for employing illegal immigrants, McConnell said.

"All we're going to do is make a group of lawyers rich if we attempt to do that, because we'll be sued," McConnell said. "Our hands are tied. This issue ultimately has got to be solved in Washington, D.C."

McConnell suggested having the state require its own identical form. A state agency would check at least 100 businesses yearly to ensure they have the forms, and that the documents that back them up are legal.

The Senate's Democratic leader, Sen. John Land, argued the Republican senators were trying to overburden small businesses. The Manning Democrat said honest employers would be hassled, while those who hire illegals wouldn't complete the paperwork anyway.

The sponsor of the bill, Sen. Jim Ritchie, said the Senate did the best it legally could to get tough on illegal immigration.

The Spartanburg Republican said enforcement for private businesses may depend on contractors reporting rivals that outbid them because they employ cheap illegal immigrant labor.

They could call law enforcement, which could pursue a case for false documents, or call the Revenue Department, since the legislation prohibits businesses from deducting wages of illegal workers, Ritchie said.

Sen. John Courson said he was concerned voters will misinterpret what the legislation actually does.

"Are we misleading the people of South Carolina as to what we're trying to do?" asked the Columbia Republican. "How are we going to close our border? Are we going to put concertina wire over the Savannah River?"

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PHOTOGRAPHER John Bennett, illegal immigration liaison officer with District 27 Drug Task Force and the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office, standing on the right, with the assistance of Chris Keathley, Sequoyah County emergency management director, standing left, and Sheriff's Deputy Bill Burrows, take charge of 16 illegal immigrants in Vian on Feb. 7. The arrests of illegal immigrants is overcrowding the county jail, Christine Calbert, jail administrator, said, and is increasing the costs of incarceration, with no reimbursement help in sight.


Illegal aliens jam up the jail

BY SALLY MAXWELL, MANAGING EDITOR
Sequoyah County Times
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 1:30 PM CST


County officials are becoming concerned about the cost of housing illegal immigrants arrested in the county and held in the Sequoyah County Jail.

Christine Calbert, jail administrator, reported to the Sequoyah County Criminal Justice Authority, which oversees jail operations, that the county had 29 illegal immigrants in the county jail as of Monday.

"Is there no way to bill anybody?" Calbert asked authority members.

She noted that it costs, on average, $22 per day to hold a person in the county jail. That does not include medical attention or medicines if needed, she explained. Consequently the 29 illegal immigrants in the county jail are costing county residents $638 a day. If they get sick, the cost will go up.

Sheriff Johnny Philpot said holding the illegal immigrants "is becoming a burden."


Sequoyah County was the first county to arrest illegal immigrants, most from Mexico, under the state's new law, HB 1804, passed last year. House Bill 1804, the Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007, went into effect in November and takes a hard stance on immigration. The new law restricts the ability of illegal immigrants to obtain legal government identification or public assistance. It also gives police the authority to enforce federal immigration laws. The law also makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to knowingly provide shelter, transportation or employment to illegal immigrants.

Sequoyah County was the first under the new state law to arrest suspected illegal immigrants, on Jan. 7 when eight laborers were arrested south of Sallisaw. Calbert said those first eight were held in the county jail from Jan. 7 through 18, when they were turned over to agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office out of Dallas.


The eight men were housed in the county jail for 12 days, at a cost of $2,112, based on Calbert's average. As the first arrests under the new state law, the incarcerations gained the county some fame, but did not bring the county any money to pay for the incarcerations.

Now the county has 29 illegal immigrants in custody after two investigations over the past week.

John Bennett, illegal immigration liaison officer with District 27 Drug Task Force and the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office, with the help of the Vian Police Department, took 16 illegal immigrants into custody on the afternoon of Feb. 7.

Vian Police Chief Danny Hoover and Officer Joey Oliver stopped a 1995 Chevrolet Suburban for a defect, but also noticed the vehicle was overcrowded. The Vian officers f