'96 Reform Law Lets INS Cast a Wide Net / Jody A, Benjamin.
by Benjamin, Jody A; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 9Environment. Publisher: Sun-Sentinel, 2001ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): United States. Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, 1996 | United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service | Criminals | Detention of persons | Emigration and immigration law | Immigrants | Jails | Judicial reviewDDC classification: 050 Summary: "[Donovan] Williams, a 25-year legal U.S. resident, is in jail in a remote North Florida county, facing deportation, although he hasn't been charged with a crime. He is one of thousands caught in the wide-sweeping net thrown by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which has been working to rid the country of immigrants with felony criminal records under a reform law passed in 1996." (SUN-SENTINEL) The author attributes overflowing INS detention centers to the success of the reform law and reveals that county jails consequently hold the responsibility of housing criminal immigrants.
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Originally Published: '96 Reform Law Lets INS Cast a Wide Net, April 22, 2001; pp. 1A+.
"[Donovan] Williams, a 25-year legal U.S. resident, is in jail in a remote North Florida county, facing deportation, although he hasn't been charged with a crime. He is one of thousands caught in the wide-sweeping net thrown by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which has been working to rid the country of immigrants with felony criminal records under a reform law passed in 1996." (SUN-SENTINEL) The author attributes overflowing INS detention centers to the success of the reform law and reveals that county jails consequently hold the responsibility of housing criminal immigrants.
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