More than 14,000 people deported from N.C., S.C., Ga.

Posted: Today at 1:24 p.m. Updated: 3 minutes ago COLUMBIA, S.C. — More than 14,000 illegal immigrants have been deported from North and South Carolina and Georgia in the past eight months, according to federal immigration officials. "The fact of the matter is that our officers deport people every day. Deportations are up every year. I attribute that to increased activities by the agency and increased resources," Barbara Gonzalez, a regional spokeswoman for the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement agency, told The Greenville News. Federal agents find out about illegal immigrants in several different ways. Some jails screen all their prisoners and notify agents when they find someone in the country illegally. Others are caught in workplace raids or by fugitive teams. Federal officials said 14,118 illegal immigrants in... [read full story]