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07-08-2007, 12:35 AM
U.S. Unable to Deport Most Illegal Immigrants Who Commit Crimes
Ezeiquiel Lopez already had a rap sheet that stretched all the way to Texas when, police said, he shot Kenosha County, Wisconsin, Deputy Sheriff Frank Fabiano in the head, killing him.
Lopez, 45, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was free at the time of the May shooting, after having been jailed for two prior violent crimes. By law, he should have been deported, but federal immigration authorities didn't know he had been in custody, and state and local police didn't tell them.
The case isn't an exception. Fewer than half the foreigners convicted of crimes in the U.S. -- most of whom are in the country illegally -- are deported after serving their sentences, according to the Homeland Security Department's inspector general.
Cases like Lopez's point up holes in the nation's overwhelmed immigration system...
Click here (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aTiZf6KMWd6g&refer=worldwide) for the full story.
Ezeiquiel Lopez already had a rap sheet that stretched all the way to Texas when, police said, he shot Kenosha County, Wisconsin, Deputy Sheriff Frank Fabiano in the head, killing him.
Lopez, 45, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was free at the time of the May shooting, after having been jailed for two prior violent crimes. By law, he should have been deported, but federal immigration authorities didn't know he had been in custody, and state and local police didn't tell them.
The case isn't an exception. Fewer than half the foreigners convicted of crimes in the U.S. -- most of whom are in the country illegally -- are deported after serving their sentences, according to the Homeland Security Department's inspector general.
Cases like Lopez's point up holes in the nation's overwhelmed immigration system...
Click here (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aTiZf6KMWd6g&refer=worldwide) for the full story.