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New DHS Rules Disappoint Immigrants’ Advocates

By | 07.17.09 | 2:54 pm

New Department of Homeland Security agreements governing state and local police departments’ enforcement of immigration laws are not relieving their critics’ concerns.

Known as 287(g) authority because of the section of the immigration law that authorizes it, this delegation of federal law enforcement power to local police has sparked More…