Enforcement works! Illegal aliens being deported! 287(g) reducing crime and saving taxpayer dollars in Gwinnett County Georgia…(duh)
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Gwinnett County, Georgia Sheriff’s Department
Sheriff Butch Conway
2900 University Parkway Lawrenceville, GA 30043
770 822-3140
Media Release December 30, 2009
Stacey Bourbonnais – Public Information Officer
Office – 770 822-3924
E-mail stacey.bourbonnais@gwinnettcounty.c
For Immediate Release:
The 287(g) program began at the Gwinnett County Jail on November 16, 2009. Since that time, deputies have placed 286 detainers on Gwinnett County inmates. The total number of crimes associated with those inmates is 629 ranging from aggravated assault, rape, child molestation, DUI, battery, drug charges, robberies, sex crimes and traffic charges.
Our current foreign born population is 809 and there are 498 detainers on those 809 inmates – meaning 62 percent of our foreign born population is here illegally. The additional detainers above the 286 from 287(g) were detainers already placed before the 287(g) program began.
We have also seen a decrease in our foreign born bookings. Last year from November 16, 2008 to December 30, 2008, we had 1,929 foreign born inmates booked into the jail. The same time this year shows 1,307 – a decrease of 622.
“The 287(g) program is working like we thought it would. We expected after a period of time to see our foreign born booking numbers decrease, but this is much sooner than even we expected,” said Sheriff Butch Conway. “I do want to remind everyone that this is still a new program. When we had the criminal alien program with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier this year, we had 30 experienced ICE agents here. We have 18 deputies working with 287(g) and they are still learning the process, and I am pleased to say we are now screening 100 percent of our population.”
The current detainers placed on inmates for ICE are from Africa, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Panama among others.