14,000 Aliens Deported from Georgia and the Carolinas Over Past 8 Months
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and state and local authorities have deported over 14,000 illegal aliens from Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina in the past eight months, according to the Macon Telegraph. Barbara Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for ICE, told reporters that ICE typically becomes aware of illegals through screening of inmates by state and local jails, or through workplace raids. Any alien serving a sentence for a crime must complete their sentence before being removed by ICE. Once removal proceedings are final against an alien, the alien is flown back to his or her native country, sometimes with an escort if certain risk factors are present. Gonzalez said that each alien flown back to his or her country costs taxpayers between $600 and $700.
