US EditionTrump is signing up local law officers to help with immigration enforcement
- President Trump is reviving a program that allows local law enforcement to detain and deport undocumented immigrants.
- As of December 2022, 135 agreements had been signed between ICE and local agencies in 21 states under this program.
- Florida recently required all local agencies with jails to join the program or explain why they cannot participate.
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Donald Trump taps cops for immigration enforcement. Florida leads the way.
Under President Donald Trump, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reviving and expanding a decades-old program that trains local law officers to interrogate immigrants in their custody and detain them for potential deportation. The 287(g) program — named for a section of the 1996 law that created it — currently applies only to those already jailed or imprisoned on charges. But Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, recently told sheriffs that h…
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Trump is signing up local law officers to help with immigration enforcement
Republican lawmakers in about dozen states are advancing proposals that could aid President Donald Trump's deportation efforts. Trump's administration wants to expand participation in decades-old program that deputizes local police
Trump is Enlisting Local Law Enforcement for Immigration Enforcement Efforts
For years, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office in suburban Indianapolis has sought to collaborate with federal immigration authorities to identify and detain immigrants unlawfully in the U.S. As the Biden administration did not respond, the Trump administration is set to enable Hamilton County deputies to become the first in Indiana to enforce federal immigration duties. Chief Deputy John Lowes confirmed their intention to collaborate with ICE,…
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