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    Obama’s Open Borders Policy Undone: Trump Reverses Course

    Obama’s Open Borders Policy Undone: Trump Reverses Course

    By Hans von Spakovsky and James Wallner |
    January 27, 2017 | 11:35 AM EST


    Moving swiftly to fulfill his campaign promise to get the nation’s illegal immigration problem under control, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Jan. 25 that constitute an almost complete reversal of the Obama administration’s nonenforcement and open borders policy.

    From improving the physical barrier at our southern border to finally moving against sanctuary cities, these two executive orders put into effect a comprehensive program designed to secure our borders, implement interior enforcement, and reintegrate the assistance of state and local governments into federal efforts to enforce our immigration laws.

    It has been a long time coming, but it seems to be finally happening: The federal government is actually enforcing our immigration laws.

    As the first order, “Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements,” correctly sets out in its preamble, “border security is critically important to the national security of the United States” and “aliens who illegally enter … without inspection or admission present a significant threat to national security and public safety.”

    The president orders the Department of Homeland Security to immediately take the following steps:


    • Plan, design, and construct a physical wall, using appropriate materials and technology to most effectively achieve complete operational control of the southern border.
    • End the “catch and release” policy of the Obama administration, which Border Patrol agents sarcastically referred to as “catch and run” that flooded the country with illegal aliens, as well as dramatically increase the capacity of detention facilities to handle this change and the number of immigration judges needed to handle alien cases.
    • Return illegal aliens “to the territory from which they came pending a formal removal proceeding,” expedite determinations of apprehended aliens’ claims of eligibility to remain in the U.S., and make federal prosecutions of immigration offenses “with a nexus to the southern border” a priority.
    • Hire an additional 5,000 Border Patrol agents.
    • Bring state and local law enforcement agencies back into immigration enforcement to get their assistance in the “investigation, apprehension, or detention of aliens,” including through the 287(g) program, something the Obama administration did everything it could to end.
    • Stop the “abuse of parole and asylum provisions currently used to prevent the lawful removal of removable aliens” by doing what the Obama administration refused to do: Apply the plain language of the provisions in immigration law that set out strict standards for asylum and parole.
    • Authorize immigration agents and even state officials who are helping federal authorities to enter all federal lands in pursuit of illegal aliens—again something that the Obama Interior Department refused to allow in areas where national parks and other lands were along our borders.


    The second, complementary order, “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States,” aims at enhancing interior enforcement of our immigration laws, particularly for “aliens who engage in criminal conduct in the United States.”

    This order outlines that executive branch officials are directed to:


    • Put a priority on removing aliens who have committed criminal offenses; that includes not just violent criminals, but also aliens who engage in fraud in connection with the government or public benefits.
    • Hire an additional 10,000 immigration officers.
    • Enter into agreements with as many state and local governments as possible to aid the federal government in enforcing federal immigration laws.
    • Cut off funding from the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department to sanctuary cities, as well as take appropriate action in court against any such sanctuary cities whose policies violate federal immigration law.
    • Review all previous immigration actions and policies to rescind or revise any that are inconsistent with federal immigration law or this executive order.
    • Implement a comprehensive program to prosecute illegal aliens for criminal violations of the law.
    • Implement sanctions against all “recalcitrant” countries that refuse to take back their nationals who are deported from the U.S.
    • Establish an office within the Department of Homeland Security to help the victims of crimes committed by illegal aliens.


    There is no question that all of these actions, taken together, will be a major step in getting our illegal alien population under control, securing our border, and deterring and reducing the huge influx of illegal aliens into the U.S. that was spurred by the Obama administration’s lax policies.

    It would seem that the political will to enforce our immigration laws and take a tough line on the illegal aliens that have been flooding into the country for many years has finally appeared in Washington in the form of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States.

    It is about time.

    Hans von Spakovsky is an authority on a wide range of issues—including civil rights, civil justice, the First Amendment, immigration, the rule of law and government reform—as a senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and manager of the think tank’s Election Law Reform Initiative.

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    Delegation of Immigration Authority Section 287(g) Immigration and Nationality Act




    Fact Sheet




    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the largest investigative agency in the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for enforcing federal immigration laws as part of its homeland security mission. ICE works closely with federal, state and local law enforcement partners in this mission. The 287(g) program, one of ICE's top partnership initiatives, allows a state or local law enforcement entity to enter into a partnership with ICE, under a joint Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), in order to receive delegated authority for immigration enforcement within their jurisdictions.
    287(g) Revisions: Updated Facts

    In 2009, ICE revised the 287(g) delegated authority program, strengthening public safety and ensuring consistency in immigration enforcement across the country by prioritizing the arrest and detention of criminal aliens. (read more)
    History of 287(g)

    The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 added Section 287(g), performance of immigration officer functions by state officers and employees, to the Immigration and Nationality Act. This authorizes the Director of ICE to enter into agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies, permitting designated officers to perform immigration law enforcement functions, provided that the local law enforcement officers receive appropriate training and function under the supervision of ICE officers.
    Memorandum of Agreement

    The MOA defines the scope and limitations of the delegation of authority. It also establishes the supervisory structure for the designated immigration officers working under the cross-designation and prescribes the agreed upon complaint process governing officer conduct during the life of the MOA. Under the statute, ICE will supervise all cross-designated officers when they exercise their immigration authorities. The agreement must be signed by the Executive Associate Director for Enforcement and Removal Operations, and the governor, a senior political entity or the head of the local agency before trained local designated immigration officers are authorized to enforce immigration law.
    Officer Selection Requirements

    Participating officers in the 287(g) program must meet the following requirements:

    • U.S. citizenship
    • Current background investigation completed
    • Minimum one year of experience in current position
    • No disciplinary actions pending

    Training Requirements

    ICE provides a four-week basic training program and a one-week refresher training program (completed every two years) conducted by certified instructors at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) ICE Academy (ICEA) in Charleston, SC.
    287(g) Results and Participating Entities

    Currently, ICE has 287(g) agreements with 34 law enforcement agencies in 16 states. From January 2006 through September 30, 2015, the 287(g) program is credited with identifying more than 402,079 potentially removable aliens - mostly at local jails. ICE has trained and certified more than 1,675 state and local officers to enforce immigration law.
    STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SUPPORT TYPE DATES SIGNED MOA
    ALABAMA Etowah County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-08 link
    ARIZONA Arizona Department of Corrections Jail Enforcement 2016-06-08 link
    ARIZONA City of Mesa Police Department Jail Enforcement 2016-06-23 link
    ARIZONA Pinal County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-13 link
    ARIZONA Yavapai County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-08 link
    ARKANSAS Benton County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-13 link
    ARKANSAS Washington County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-23 link
    CALIFORNIA Orange County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-23 link
    FLORIDA Collier County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-13 link
    FLORIDA Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-30 link
    GEORGIA Cobb County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-30 link
    GEORGIA Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-30 link
    GEORGIA Hall County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-23 link
    GEORGIA Whitfield County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-08 link
    MARYLAND Frederick County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2013-06-28 link
    MARYLAND Hartford County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-10-26 link
    MASSACHUSETTS Bristol County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2017-01-18 link
    MASSACHUSETTS Massachusetts Department of Corrections Jail Enforcement 2016-06-23 link
    MASSACHUSETTS Plymouth County Sheriff's Department Jail Enforcement 2017-01-18 link
    NEVADA Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Jail Enforcement 2016-06-28 link
    NEW JERSEY Hudson County Department of Corrections Jail Enforcement 2016-07-22 link
    NEW JERSEY Monmouth County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-08 link
    NORTH CAROLINA Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-28 link
    NORTH CAROLINA Gaston County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-30 link
    NORTH CAROLINA Henderson County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2013-06-28 link
    NORTH CAROLINA Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2013-12-30 link
    NORTH CAROLINA Wake County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-08 link
    OHIO Butler County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-09-30 link
    OKLAHOMA Tulsa County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-23 link
    SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-23 link
    SOUTH CAROLINA Lexington County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-11-04 link
    SOUTH CAROLINA York County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-28 link
    TEXAS Carrollton Police Department Jail Enforcement 2016-06-13 link
    TEXAS Harris County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-06-28 link
    TEXAS Lubbock County Sheriff's Office Jail Enforcement 2016-11-16 link
    VIRGINIA Prince William-Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center Jail Enforcement 2016-06-23 link


    https://www.ice.gov/factsheets/287g







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    Tennessee was once a partner with ICE in the 287g. Sheriff Daron Hall quit the partnership and now partners with Muslims to train police and make his jail more understanding of Islam and their culture.
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    We don't want that. We don't want our government and systems to rearrange our culture in jails or anywhere else. This is the United States and we have our own culture for our government functions.
    A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
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