Sheriff Forced to Release Illegal Immigrants - KTVI: "ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) - The St. Francois County Sheriff arrested 14 men he says are illegal immigrants who were working on a construction site in Farmington on Saturday. He thought the arrests would help restore work to legal citizens struggling to find jobs.
The shock came when he called a contact at the Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
'He said he did not want to talk to these people and that we had not authority to hold them and just turn them loose,' said Bullock.
'They're taking jobs away from people that need jobs right now that are U.S. citizens,' said Gerald Bowyer, an unemployed glass worker. 'To me it seems like the illegals in this country got more rights than what the Americans do,' he said.
A spokesperson for the Office of U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement said each case must be prioritized and the threat of terrorism is at the top of the list. Other priorities include illegals with a violent past or signs of document forging and smuggling rings.
In this case only one suspect was held because he had warrants for an arrest."
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