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...Even before the new federal identification system was put in place at local jails, county Sheriff Department's data were showing a steady increase in the number of illegal immigrants incarcerated in county jails. And the numbers continue to increase, Sheriff's Department documents show.
Between Dec. 1, 2005, and Nov. 30, 2006, the county released to federal officials 5,041 prisoners on whom federal immigration officials had placed holds. That number represented 5.15 percent of the total number of men and women who were booked into county jails.
By comparison, during the same months in 2002 to 2003, the county released to federal immigration officials slightly fewer than 3,000 prisoners, or 3.25 percent of the total number of those booked in the same period....http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/01/14/news/top_stories/23_07_141_13_07.txt...Sweep nets 41 criminal illegal immigrants
By: JO MORELAND - Staff Writer
NORTH COUNTY ---- Forty-one gang members, or people who associate with gang members, are off the streets in North County and being deported, officials said Thursday.
The 40 men and boys, plus one woman, were taken into custody over the last two weeks in Oceanside, Escondido and San Marcos as part of the national Operation Community Shield anti-gang effort conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE.
The crimes of most of those taken into custody ranged from driving under the influence to drug, burglary and assault charges, said Serge Duarte, acting special agent in charge of the agency's San Diego-area office.
"This isn't an immigration issue," Duarte said. "It's a public safety issue."...http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/03/11/news/top_stories/22_01_013_10_06.txt
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