Local law enforcement agencies are preparing to expand a program allowing collaboration with ICE to deport criminal undocumented immigrants.
President-elect Donald Trump ’s incoming administration is weighing giving local sheriffs more powers to help boot illegal migrants from the US by expanding a federal program to allow them them to act as immigration agents.
The program, which is voluntary, essentially allows participating local agencies to alert ICE of an illegal migrant in their custody or hold the migrant in jail for immigration authorities — but only after the alleged perps have been arrested on separate criminal charges. Trump’s border czar Tom Homan, a former acting ICE director, is said to favor the task force model — which was phased out in 2012 — because more frequent arrests can act as a deterrent for illegal migrants, sources close to him told the outlet.About 135 agencies already have inked agreements with ICE under 287 in 21 different states, according to the ICE website.
Thaddeus Cleveland, a sheriff in the Texas border town of Terrell County, insisted that many more sheriff’s offices across the US are open to partnering with ICE for 287, but are prevented from doing so because of local sanctuary laws. “If it’s really expanded and utilized, we’ll see more people added to deportations from states and locals,” he added of the possible 287 changes.
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