Supporters of Using Local Officals to Enforce Federal Immigration Law List Successes
Posted by Alison Bowen on Apr 21st, 2010

In the wake of a report criticizing 287(g) and similar programs that deputize local officials to enforce federal immigration law, we wondered what supporters of these programs consider their biggest successes.

So, we asked around to find out who’s been detained and deported in these programs. We contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which trains the officers, and the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and the Center for Immigration Studies, both groups that support 287(g).

Below is a round up of “worst of the worstâ€