Published on Monday, March 24, 2008

Cumberland County should have program
James Pendergraph, former sheriff of Mecklenburg County, is now the executive director of the Office of State and Local Coordination, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Before retiring as sheriff, he was one of the first to take advantage of a now 12-year-old federal tool aimed at multiplying the force of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. It is called the 287(g) Program.

Some facts on the 287(g) Program:

In 1996, Congress amended the Immigration and Nationality Act. One of the amendments — section 287(g) — provides for training of state and local law enforcement to expand their existing authority to assist ICE in immigration law enforcement.
Any head of law enforcement in the nation can apply to ICE for the two- to six-week training of their officers to gain authority to access a federal database that identifies illegal aliens who have been apprehended for additional crimes.
Sheriffs all over the nation are using 287(g) authority to filter out illegals booked into their jails and begin deportation action.
Because of its proven results, the program has received more than $25 million in federal funding this fiscal year, up from $15 million the previous year.

The obvious truth is enforcement works. The 287(g) authority is a deterrent to the continued presence of illegals in the communities where law enforcement has shown the courage to implement the no-cost program.

My question is directed to Sheriff Moose Butler: Where’s Cumberland County’s 287(g) Program?

James Johnson
Wade

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=289416

It does appear Sheriff Moose Butler applied:
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-76557-moose.html+butler