Chattanooga: Deportation of workers arrested could take weeks to months

Chattanooga Times Free Press ^ | April 19, 2008 | Perla Trevizo

[upsdriver]

“He asked me to find another house to rent or to find someone to come live with us because I can’t afford to pay the $700 monthly rent on my own,” said Felicita, 27, who does not speak English and asked not to be identified by her last name because she and her husband are in the country illegally.

So if she is here illegally too, why is she still going free?

I think that being here illegally should be a capital crime. The courts wouldn't be clogged up with their wrist slapping methods because the illegal aliens would be scurrying themselves back across the border.

[HiJinx]

WHY ???

Believe it or not, there's this thing about international borders that requires coordination with Nations before their citizens cross.

Of course, with our southern border, that only semms to apply to the Mexican citizens going home.

[OeOeO]

In 1933,Giuseppe Zangara, attempted to assasinate FDR, he killed the Chicago mayor instead. It took 33 days from arrest to execution.

I would suspect it's the lawyer business today that delays almost everything and the taxpayers fund a lot of these legal runarounds.

[festus]

A 100 workers ? Months ?

Exactly how long does it take to drive a station wagon from TN to the Rio Grande ?

[Tennessee Nana]

LOL

Here’s what happens to the illegal aliens meanwhile..

Immigration Issue Heats Up

We wanted to know more about what went into yesterday’s raids and what happens to the workers now that they have been arrested and detained.

At the beginning of this month, a federal grand jury handed down multiple-defendant indictments alleging identity theft by the workers arrested here.

Those indictments were sealed until the raids Wednesday.

We dug deeper to find out what will happen to the suspects now.

According to ICE, each defendant could get up to five years in federal prison if convicted.

They also face a fine up to 250-thousand dollars.

The Department of Justice says a large number of those detained will be federally prosecuted.

For those arrested on immigration violations ONLY... ICE will make the decision about whether to detain the individual or allow a conditional release.

Those prosecuted on criminal charges will be turned over to the U-S Marshals Service.

Male detainees will be housed at a detention center in Lumpkin, Georgia — about 2 hours south of Atlanta.

The females will go to the Davidson County Jail near Nashville.

ICE is coordinating with social service agencies and non-governmental organizations in all five states to ensure accurate information is available for family members of those arrested.

ICE also has established a toll-free number that family members can call to get information about their relative’s detention status and the removal process.

The toll-free hotline number is 1-866-341-3858.

http://www.newschannel9.com/news/faces_968017___article.html/own_future.html

[wastedyears]

No it doesn’t

Drop them out of cargo planes. Give some of them parachutes.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Eh, just sell ‘em some water already so they don’t invade!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Y’all and Georgia sorta have your own border problem, don’tcha?