{"id":949,"date":"2007-08-07T22:54:32","date_gmt":"2007-08-08T02:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=949"},"modified":"2007-08-07T22:54:32","modified_gmt":"2007-08-08T02:54:32","slug":"more-on-section-287-g-of-the-1996-amendments-to-the-immigration-and-nationality-act-of-1996","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/07\/more-on-section-287-g-of-the-1996-amendments-to-the-immigration-and-nationality-act-of-1996\/","title":{"rendered":"More on Section 287 (g) of the 1996 amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1996"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.ice.gov\/pi\/news\/factsheets\/section287g.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Fact Sheet ( Immigration and Customs Enforcement Website)<\/p>\n

SECTION 287(G) IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Section 287(g) originated in the 1996 amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act passed by
\nCongress. The initiative is designed to effectively multiply the forces of U.S. Immigration and Customs
\nEnforcement (ICE) through enhanced cooperation and communication with state and local law
\nenforcement. Under 287(g), ICE provides state and local law enforcement with the training and
\nsubsequent authorization to identify, process, and when appropriate, detain immigration offenders they
\nencounter during their regular, daily law-enforcement activity.<\/p>\n

Section 287(g) is a voluntary program. Individual local or state law enforcement agencies or government
\ndepartments are free to contact ICE if they are interested in participating. Once accepted into the program,
\na Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is created to outline the specific responsibilities and procedures
\nappropriate to a specific law enforcement group\u2019s needs and capabilities. ICE develops a specialized
\ntraining course (typically five weeks) for that group focusing on immigration law, civil rights,
\nintercultural relations, and the issues and illegalities surrounding racial profiling. When they successfully
\ncomplete the course and pass all related examinations, the officers receive an official certification from
\nICE that allows them special authorities regarding immigration violators called 287(g) authority. <\/p>\n

After certification, ICE continues to provide supervision and support, helping officers to determine the
\nappropriate response once they determine a suspect to be an immigration violator.
\nSpecific MOU\u2019s may authorize slightly different procedures for different law enforcement entities.
\nGenerally speaking, under 287(g) authority, when a trained and certified officer encounters, during his
\nregular activities, an individual who is an immigration violator, he or she may question and detain the
\nindividual for potential removal from the United States by ICE. Particularly in cases where the individual
\nis deemed to be a flight risk, a repeat immigration offender, or a particular threat to local or national
\nsecurity, 287(g) provides a valuable extra tool to local and state authorities.<\/p>\n

Already 287(g) has achieved numerous successes in cooperative law enforcement. There are 62 trained
\nand certified officers in the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and 21 in the Alabama State Police,
\nwith 25 more slated to earn certification in \u201906. Within the next few months, ICE will also be training six
\nL.A. County Jail Custody Assistants to process criminal aliens for removal from the U.S. while they are
\nin jail custody. This training is expected to take four weeks, and as with all 287(g) participants, all actions
\ntaken by the L.A. County personnel will be supervised and reviewed by ICE officers.<\/p>\n

While enforcing immigration law is primarily a federal responsibility, Section 287(g) provides a
\nmechanism for enlisting the help of state and local law enforcement entities in this effort with minimal
\nimpact on their normal daily routines and responsibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.ice.gov\/pi\/news\/factsheets\/section287g.htm Fact Sheet ( Immigration and Customs Enforcement Website) SECTION 287(G) IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT Section 287(g) originated in the 1996 amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act passed by Congress. The initiative is designed to effectively multiply the forces of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through enhanced cooperation and communication with state and local law […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}