Article: Are illegal immigrants filling our jails?: A state legislative panel cites a large number in Virginia, but some dispute the findings.

Byline: Jennifer Latson

Sep. 4--A state legislative committee estimated last week that as many as a tenth of the inmates in state jails and prisons are illegal immigrants. But some jail administrators and members of the Hispanic community say those statistics -- released the day before the announcement of a Republican legislative proposal that would crack down on illegal immigrants in jail -- are inflated.

At a presentation last Tuesday, the Virginia State Crime Commission's Illegal Immigration Task Force reported that illegal immigrants made up 6 percent of the state's jail and prison population, but said those numbers were conservative, and estimated ...

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