Federal immigration services approve Illegal Immigrants
to move freely thru Ohio.
Belmont County, Ohio June 2006 - Local police said they intercepted 20 illegal Mexican
immigrants, but were ordered by immigration officials to let them go free. Sheriff Fred
Thompson said his officers were instructed by federal immigration services to let all 20
illegal immigrants go free, and said his department has no choice but to follow the orders
from immigration officials. Thompson said officers stopped a van at 3 a.m. Tuesday which
was traveling the wrong direction on Interstate 470 in St. Clairsville.
The officer discovered 20 illegal Mexican immigrants inside the van, including three who
were previously deported. The officer immediately contacted immigration officials, who
told him to let all 20 immigrants go.
"Once we find out they are illegals, it's like pat them on the back of the head and
tell them, 'Go on down the road; you'll probably get stopped again,'" Thompson said.
The immigrants told the officer they were traveling through Ohio to obtain work in
Manassas, Va.
Calls to Citizenship and Immigration Services as well as Immigration and Customs
Enforcement have not been returned.
Renee Cardelli & Amy Post, NEWS9 wtov9.com
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