‘Secure Communities’ netting results in Fairfax

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Fairfax County’s participation in a federal program that screens every inmate for immigration violations has caused the county to net a much higher percentage of suspected illegal immigrants that stand accused of a variety of lesser crimes than D.C. and Alexandria.

For example, nearly 7 percent of Fairfax County inmates that are suspected by Immigration and Customs Enforcement initially landed in jail because they were charged with driving while intoxicated.

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