ACLU seeks deportation data
"The N.C. American Civil Liberties Union says programs that allow local sheriffs to help deport illegal immigrants need more scrutiny, and it is demanding scores of records from the 13 state departments that are checking their inmates' immigration status.
Legal Director Katy Parker says the ACLU wants to see whether departments with immigration programs are arresting more Hispanics and setting up more driver's license checkpoints than in the past.
"All of the sheriffs will tell you that [the program] doesn't affect how law enforcement is operating on the streets," Parker said Monday. "But what we're hearing is that the tail is wagging the dog, that checkpoints start going up and immigrants are being arrested for things like driving without a license and minor traffic issues.""
KRISTIN COLLINS in the News & Observer.