Local Law Enforcement Preps To Aid In Deportations

NBC News reports:

As President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration solidifies its plan for mass deportations, local law enforcement agencies are preparing to ramp up a controversial program that allows them to partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The 287(g) program empowers state and local law enforcement officers to help enforce federal immigration law and will likely be one of the ways the new administration bolsters its manpower as it seeks to launch what it calls the largest deportation effort in U.S. history. But it also may also be a flashpoint for a legal showdown that’s brewing as Inauguration Day draws closer.

Tom Homan, who will serve as Trump’s “border czar,” visited Texas Tuesday to tout the forthcoming administration’s plans for mass deportations. “We’re not waiting until January,” Homan said. “We’re going to put a plan in place and secure this nation.”

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The Trump transition team is considering plans to deputize state and local police forces to help federal agencies conduct mass deportations. https://t.co/TccDuHPejr

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) November 26, 2024

Trump wants local law enforcement to play a role in making deportations happen

Law enforcement in TX is says it’s not possible

“I’m not in favor,” one sheriff said. “At the end of the day, that is a federal responsibility”

Great story by @caseyrmurrayhttps://t.co/oQUdrUUAxy

— Oriana González (@OrianaBeLike) November 26, 2024

BREAKING: Sheriff Richard Jones of Butler County, Ohio, has begun preparing jail cells to assist President Trump’s deportation force. He told reporters, “We’re preparing cells and space as we speak. Day after the election, we started preparing.”

“We’re going to take our border… pic.twitter.com/FGc6jBALpq

— George (@BehizyTweets) November 26, 2024