Thread: Need Funding Info on 287(g)

I emailed my Chief of Police (below was his response). I thought getting funding from the Feds was involved in this program. Does anyone have the proof/information that City governments are getting funding when they are in this program so I can send that to my Chief of police? I'm wondering if he's just saying this because he doesn't want to do it - but I want to have proof when I go back to him

"No, we have not. Participation in the Section 287(g) program requires us to assign officers to work for Immigration and Customs Enforcement at our expense as well as to pay for the information technology needed to access ICE databases. Participation in this program would remove officers from patrol, deplete staffing, and result in significantly higher expenses – all of which would have a detrimental impact on public safety. While a few agencies in Border States (Florida, California) with frequent ICE interaction have participated, the great majority, including Minnesota, do not Section 287(g) was enacted in 1996 but has never been widely utilized as it simply puts local officers to work for the federal government – entirely at local expense. While there has been considerable debate concerning this issue, no funding has resulted. State and local governments are opposed to donating resources to the federal government for programs that the federal government is unwilling to fund and the federal government has believed it more appropriate to fund enforcement efforts directly through ICE rather than local law enforcement agencies. Without a viable funding source, Section 287(g) is not a viable program."

Melissa,

The cost was around $500 an officer. DHS waived the fee months ago.

I want to put this into perspective. If your chief goes along with this, your community can raise that kind of money. Bake sales will pay for that in a matter of weeks. In the time it takes to apply and actually begin training, you could collect that money from the community.

I know you can find 20 people willing to hand you 20 Dollar bills to train a police officer.

Dixie

Oh, my gosh -I thought it would be a lot more. I read the Carpentersville article today that they stopped funding and I was very worried. I am pretty darn sure our local people would come up with that money in no time.

Do you know where I can find that cost -$500- in writing Dixie? I want to get that info to the appropriate people so they are ready in case our city says they have to stop because it is not funded.

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:PT ... .pdf+287(g)+fee&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us

This is one sorce but I will look on the DHS site.

It started out $1,000, then they cut the fee in half, then they said they would waive the fee.

Dixie

Why isn't his funded? We seem to have plenty of $'s to send to Mexico for "foreign aid" programs - why aren't we funding our own government programs?

It most likely is but he has to make a formal request to have the fee waived. Proceedure.

Dixie