Courtesy of FlashReport, here’s an article of interest. Money quote:
Keeping in mind the days when authorities used federal tax code violations to go after mafia gangsters, Sheriff Carona … wondered if there was not a way to use immigration laws to go after hard-core criminals.
Here in California, that’s a large percentage of criminals we’re talking about that are vulnerable to an immigration charge.
It’s more than a little frustrating to see the hoops this guy’s had to jump through (starting with federal legislation, fer cryin’ out loud) in order to get this idea as far as he has. Read the article to see.