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10-01-2003, 10:21 PM
Ankle Monitors Being Tested on Illegal Immigrants in Three Cities
By Steve Brown
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
October 01, 2003
(CNSNews.com) - Illegal aliens awaiting deportation hearings may no longer have to wait it out in custody under a new program being tested in three U.S. cities.
The program, begun in August by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), allows select non-violent aliens back into the community wearing electronic monitoring devices to ensure their return for court appearances as required by law.
It is also intended to prevent illegal aliens awaiting hearings from absconding, as hundreds of thousands have done over the years, according to ICE.
ICE spokesperson Garrison Courtney told CNSNews.com that personnel assigned to detention and removal operations conduct the program out of the Department of Homeland Security.
More (http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page =\Culture\archive\20 0310\CUL20031001a.ht ml)
By Steve Brown
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
October 01, 2003
(CNSNews.com) - Illegal aliens awaiting deportation hearings may no longer have to wait it out in custody under a new program being tested in three U.S. cities.
The program, begun in August by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), allows select non-violent aliens back into the community wearing electronic monitoring devices to ensure their return for court appearances as required by law.
It is also intended to prevent illegal aliens awaiting hearings from absconding, as hundreds of thousands have done over the years, according to ICE.
ICE spokesperson Garrison Courtney told CNSNews.com that personnel assigned to detention and removal operations conduct the program out of the Department of Homeland Security.
More (http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page =\Culture\archive\20 0310\CUL20031001a.ht ml)