Burning Atlanta

There's been more of a trend towards identifying and deporting illegals that are found in custody. GOOD IDEA!!! Way past time. What's funny is how the snot-nosed open borders creep tries to twist this little piece of common sense into some kind of evil act.

So long, jailbirds.

Juan Martinez was looking forward to returning to his construction job after finishing a monthlong sentence for violating probation on drug charges.

But when he was finally released from the Orange County jail, he was met by immigration agents - not his mother. The 23-year-old illegal immigrant was set to be deported with $68 in his pocket and few prospects.

"I just probably won't come back," he said about being sent to Tijuana, Mexico. "If I do, I'll keep coming back to prison and I don't want that."

Oh, don't leave and never come back. That would break my fucking heart.

Federal authorities are also enlisting the help of local authorities to check out immigrants who are arrested.

"There is a growing recognition that criminal aliens prey on the community at large," said Virginia Kice, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. "ICE is doing internal restructuring to enhance coverage of jails."

Gee, no shit? Who woulda ever thought that possible?

Immigrant rights groups oppose the strategy. They say illegal immigrants might stop reporting child abuse or domestic violence to protect husbands or fathers from deportation. They also worry that people who are wrongly arrested will be deported as a result of jail screening.

"It's a practice that leads to weakening or eliminating civil liberties, first for immigrants," said Nativo Lopez, president of the Los Angeles-based Mexican American Political Association.

"All of us are affected by that whether we're here illegally or can trace our roots to the pilgrims," he said.

Oh, please. ILLEGAL ALIEN support groups oppose every bit of enforcement with the most pathetic and contrived excuses.

About half of the nearly 190,000 illegal immigrants deported by this country last year had criminal records, authorities said.