Departments weigh agent training plan
U.S. program teaches local officers to fight illegal immigration
From Wire Reports Hernan Rozemberg,
San Antonio Express-News

SAN ANTONIO – As state and local governments across the country have taken the fight against illegal immigration into their own hands, a federal training program for local police agencies is growing in popularity.

A 1996 federal immigration law offers local law enforcement agencies a chance to help enforce immigration law. But the program has had few takers until this year.

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