Oct 13 2008
New Immigration Court in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North and South Carolina will soon have a court dedicated to hearing illegal immigration cases from the two states.
Two judges will begin hearing cases in the Executive Office for Immigration Review Court starting Nov. 4, The Charlotte Observer reported Saturday.
Cases from the region had been sent to Atlanta, but that court was overwhelmed. Nearly 2,900 immigration cases were heard from North Carolina and almost 500 from South Carolina in 2007, said Susan Eastwood, a spokeswoman for the office that runs the court.
3,400 cases related to illegal immigration in 2007. Think about that, 3,400. That’s between 9 and 10 illegals a day. South Carolina’s illegal immigration crackdown laws start kicking in July 1, 2010 so it will be interesting to see if the case load to this new court tapers off somewhat, or if the illegals just make their way to North Carolina where the state legislature has been reluctant to get tough on this issue.
