Gaston County Sheriff continues to support controversial immigration program

Gaston County Sheriff Alan Cloninger says he's not backing down from a controversial immigration programs that assists ICE in deporting illegal immigrants who have committed a crime.
Within the Gaston County Jail, people are booked two different ways, depending on their charges.

If it's something as minor as a traffic offense, it's usually a quick in and quick out, but for the more serious crimes there's a different process-- one that actually requires people to be booked into jail-- and when that happens, two of the questions they ask have to do with where a person is from.… More

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