Report Questions an Immigration Program That Uses the Local Police
PHOENIX — A government report questions the effectiveness of a federal program, long criticized by immigrant advocacy groups, that deputizes police officers as immigration agents.

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Representative Lamar Smith says a program is working.

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Representative Bennie G. Thompson says “the record is incomplete.â€