Close to 400 local law enforcement agencies across the United States have signed up to work with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in turning over criminal illegal aliens to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents since President Trump was inaugurated in late January.
The data, shared with the House Judiciary’s Immigration Subcommittee this week and compiled by the National Immigration Center for Enforcement (NICE), shows that since Trump was inaugurated, about 376 local law enforcement agencies have signed 287(g) agreements with ICE.
The agreements allow local police to seamlessly identify criminal illegal aliens in their jails and prisons and swiftly turn them over to ICE agents for arrest and deportation.
In the last week, alone, 55 local law enforcement agencies have signed 287(g) agreements with
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