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-------------------- DEPORTATION CASES SOAR AS L.A. JAILS SCREEN MORE --------------------

Nearly 6,000 possible illegal immigrants were found in checks of inmates last year.

By Patrick McGreevy and Stuart Pfeifer Times Staff Writers

February 5 2007

The number of Los Angeles County jail inmates identified as suspected illegal immigrants nearly doubled in the year since the Sheriff's Department started investigating their legal status.

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