Some counties help bag immigrants for profit

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A handful of Texas counties have found a way to profit from working with federal immigration officials in tracking and detaining immigrants in the country illegally.
The Austin American-Statesman reports eight counties have joined a federal program that allows sheriff’s deputies to become certified immigration officers. Ten counties allow federal immigration agents to stash detained immigrants in their jails. Four counties do both.
At least 16 counties nationwide