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The approximate number of immigrant criminals eligible for deportation behind bars nationwide, a top federal immigration official said on Thursday. It is the first official estimate of the total number of such convicts in federal, state and local prisons and jails. The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Julie Myers, said that the annual number of deportable immigrant inmates was expected to vary from 300,000 to 455,000, or 10 percent of the overall inmate population, for the next few years.
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