Local sheriffs expressed support for President-elect Donald Trump's plan to expel thousands of illegal immigrants from the United States, saying “people are tired of this.”
said Chuck Jenkins, Republican sheriff of Frederick County, Maryland, and Richard Jones, Republican sheriff of Butler County, Ohio. wall street journal They expressed support for Trump's deportation plan and stand ready to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its agents.
President Trump has said that once he takes office, he intends to carry out the “largest deportation operation in American history.”
Caroline Levitt, President Trump's chosen press secretary, confirmed that Trump will “launch an operation to deport millions of illegal immigrants” at the start of his term.
Jenkins told the outlet that he supports Trump “100 percent,” adding, “I want to do more within the law.”
Asked if he supports President Trump's plan to carry out mass deportations at the start of his term, Jones said he does, and “so do the American people.” People are tired of this. ”
Mr. Trump's team is considering expanding ICE's 287(g) program, which gives “certain ICE powers to sheriffs and other agencies,” a person involved in transition planning said.
WSJ said:
To leverage the large number of members of Congress, Trump's team is seeking a “historic” expansion of a federal program that gives sheriffs and other agencies some ICE powers, according to people involved in transition planning. . Under the program, known as § 287(g) after the provision of the law that created the program, the team had until 2012 to ensure that employees at participating local agencies were not responsible for making dormant and controversial decisions during their daily work. The aim is to revive the “task force model'' that had been in place. Interrogate and arrest suspected non-citizens in the community for immigration violations.
ICE's Website situation:
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 added Section 287(g) to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to provide state and local law enforcement officers with certain immigration enforcement requirements. authorized to delegate authority to do so. The personnel shall function under the direction and supervision of the authorities.
The 287(g) program “strengthens the safety and security of our nation's communities by allowing ICE Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) to partner with state and local law enforcement agencies,” ICE explained. I am. Subject to removal from the United States before being released into the community.
“State and local cooperation is absolutely essential to detain and deport illegal immigrants,” RJ Howman, director of the National Immigration Control Center, told the outlet.
While several local sheriffs have voiced support for President Trump's mass deportation plan, several other sheriffs in Los Angeles, California, and Bristol County, Massachusetts, have said, “Associating ICE with weapons is illegal for immigrants.'' “It undermines the trust of President Trump,'' he said, adding that he is “not in sync with President Trump.'' And it consumes resources. ”
WSJ Reported:
Since the Nov. 5 election, some sheriffs have emphasized that they are not aligned with President Trump, arguing that tying arms to ICE undermines trust with immigrants and depletes resources. There is. In Los Angeles, which just passed a “sanctuary city” ordinance, the county sheriff stressed last week that officers do not and will not question residents. [sic] about their immigration status. In Massachusetts, the Bristol County sheriff publicly said he would say “I'm not interested” if ICE asked him to house undocumented immigrants with criminal records in the county's former federal detention center.
Tom Homan, President Trump's pick for border czar, said, “Hosting or hiding illegal aliens from ICE is a serious crime,'' and warned Boston Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu and others that ICE agents should He warned them not to try to interfere.
“They need to educate themselves,” Homan said in an interview with Fox News. “They need to take a look at this: 8 U.S.C. § 1324 — read about it and don’t cross that line, because it’s a felony to harbor or hide an illegal alien from ICE. Please read the law. Don't cross that line.”
