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Nearly 800 Immigrants are Found with Serious Criminal Records

By Margie Menzel

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Tallahassee, FL – Officials say a new program that allows Florida law enforcement agencies to check the immigration status of people arrested has found nearly 800 immigrants with serious criminal records in the first four months of 2009. Margie Menzel reports.