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Department of Homeland Security Expands Controversial 287(g) Program Empowering Local Police To Enforce Immigration Laws

The Department of Homeland Security said Friday it plans to enter into new agreements with 67 state and local law enforcement agencies. These agreements expand the existing 287(g) program, which delegates some federal immigration enforcement authority to certain state and local agencies. The 287(g) program has come under intense criticism in recent months with over 500 organizations including the ACLU and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus calling on the government to end the program. Many of the agencies involved have been accused of racial profiling, and the Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Phoenix, Arizona is being investigated by the Justice Department. We host a debate between the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and the Center for Immigration Studies.

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[hercules90210]

Fuck him dude! Fuck 287 G too! It gives ex-kkk members and motherfuckers that are racist,the right to deport people on the spot.We need to make a fuckin movement gettin rid of this bullshit "program" and realize that the u.s. can be fuckin shared with everyone if it really is a FREE COUNTRY. So motherfuck 287 G.

[Kitswain59]

The FEDS cannot tell the county sheriff what to do. The sheriff has total power over the FEDS! He can keep all of them (IRS DEA ATF etc) out of his county. Wish all sheriffs would keep them all out.