WASHINGTON - When Alabama state trooper Darryl Zuchelli stopped a van going 18 mph over the speed limit on a routine patrol two months ago, he quickly became part of the federal government's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration.
Two of the five people in the van were from India and had overstayed their allotted time in the United States. The trooper worked with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agents in Birmingham, Ala., more than 700 miles from the nearest international border, to start deportation proceedings against the two that night.
Zuchelli is one of 56 Alabama troopers to receive special training and high-tech tools from the U.S. government to determine whether criminal suspects are in the country legally. Alabama was only the second state to partner with ICE when it signed up in 2003, following Florida.
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2007-12-02
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