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Tarrant County Sheriff Wants His Own Jailers To Identify Inmates Who Are Illegal Immigrants

(Fort Worth, TX)  --  Tarrant County's sheriff is applying to be part of a voluntary federal program to help identify illegal immigrants.  Under the program, Sheriff Bill Waybourn's jailers would be permitted to place an immigration hold on inmates until the feds can collect them.  Waybourn says when illegal immigrants commit crimes in Tarrant County, it becomes his office's business.

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