[USA] DHS agency to scour jails for illegal immigrants / GovExec.com, 6 February 2007
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=36067&dcn=e_hsw
Jonathan Marino
"The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is preparing to bring hundreds of investigators on board to combat illegal immigration. ... Despite the increased targeting of illegal immigrants in the workplace and elsewhere, the president's budget allows for just 950 more beds to be set up via contracts with detention facilities. Immigration agency sources were critical of what they said would create burdensome jams of illegal aliens in jails. However, the agency has been processing illegal immigrants for deportation at a faster pace than ever before, now that it has done away with the catch-and-release policy of releasing apprehended illegal immigrants and expecting them to return for deportation hearings."