Virginia Beach Police and Sheriff’s Office are reporting suspected illegal immigrants to the federal government more than ever after the deaths of two Va. Beach teens.

In March, while driving drunk, illegal immigrant Alfredo Ramos crashed his car into another vehicle on Va. Beach Boulevard, killing Alison Kunhardt and Tessa Tranchant.

Despite prior arrests in Chesapeake and Va. Beach, the law failed to realize Ramos was in the country illegally until the teens’ deaths.

Police vowed to report more suspected illegal immigrants to ICE, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

Numbers released from the Sheriff’s Department show a steady increase in jail booking agents calling ICE and reporting suspected illegals.

However, though ICE issued detainers for nearly every suspected illegal immigrant in the two months after the crash, the numbers dropped off dramatically. In October, ICE put detainers on only 26% of suspected illegals.

“That’s the federal government at work, or not at work as some people might suspect,” said Va. Beach sheriff Paul Lanteigne. “But we have no control.”

13News found 181 times since April when the federal government declined to get involved with suspected illegal immigrants in Va. Beach. Each time, the inmate is allowed to return to the streets after doing time.

“We actually predicted it,” said Lanteigne. “We thought that after publicity died down from the tragic accident, that things would return back to the way they were prior to the accident.”

An immigration official told 13News they did not discuss numbers on a local level and declined to comment on this specific report.

He said it's impossible to issue detainers on every illegal immigrant because of money and staff constraints and he said some suspected illegal immigrants turn out to be legal.