Sheriffs want DHS alert when illegal immigrants are shipped to their counties

Sheriffs are demanding to be notified of new arrivals as the Department of Homeland Security ships tens of thousands of illegal immigrants throughout the country. They say locals will have to keep track of migrants if federal officials can’t.

At the very least, they need to be aware of migrants whom law enforcement agencies are dropping off in their jurisdictions, several sheriffs told The Washington Times last week on the sidelines of the National Sheriffs’ Association meeting in downtown Washington.

“You’re sending them to any county in this country, they need to notify the sheriff of that county who’s arriving,” said Sheriff Thomas Hodgson of Bristol County in Massachusetts. “We have a right to know that. If they’re shipping terrorists into our neighborhood, we have a right to know that. Drug dealers, smugglers — we have a right to know that.”… (Excerpts from the Washington Times)