111,000

That is the number of criminal aliens identified by the federal government by checking data on arrestees in 95 jurisdictions around the country.

Got that -- ONLY 95 JURISDICTIONS

Immigration officials announced today that a fingerprint-based system that screens for suspected illegal immigrants in local jails resulted in the identification of more than 111,000 people classified as “criminal aliens” in its first year.

The Secure Communities program, first launched in October 2008 at the Harris County Jail, uses biometric technology to automatically check the immigration history of all suspects booked into local lockups. The system is now in place in 95 jurisdictions, including Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Jefferson, and Montgomery counties.

The Houston Police Department plans to have the system working in the city jails by the end of the year, city officials said.

Of those, 11,000 were guilty of serious offenses.

And that is just in 95 jurisdictions.

Imagine what will happen when it goes nationwide.

Seems to me that we need to get the machinery of deportation warmed up and in operation -- we need to get rid of an awful lot of those aliens who are simply committing the crimes that Americans won't commit.

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