Local Law Enforcement Preps To Aid In Deportations
NBC News reports:
As President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration solidifies its plan for mass deportations, local law enforcement agencies are preparing to ramp up a controversial program that allows them to partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The 287(g) program empowers state and local law enforcement officers to help enforce federal immigration law and will likely be one of the ways the new administration bolsters its manpower as it seeks to launch what it calls the largest deportation effort in U.S. history. But it also may also be a flashpoint for a legal showdown that’s brewing as Inauguration Day draws closer.
Tom Homan, who will serve as Trump’s “border czar,” visited Texas Tuesday to tout the forthcoming administration’s plans for mass deportations. “We’re not waiting until January,” Homan said. “We’re
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