ICE Removes Immigration Program from Herndon
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has discontinued 287(g) task force agreements, which allowed local officers to question, detain suspected criminals based on legal status.
After five years, the Town of Herndon’s participation in the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(g) program — which allowed local officers to help with street-level immigration enforcement — has been discontinued. The program allowed local law enforcement to question those suspected of crimes about their legal status and detain or arrest those here illegally, potentially leading to their deportation. The Town of Herndon is one of 57 municipalities in 21 states who entered into agreements with ICE under the law. ICE worked with local law enforcement to train officers in the programs. ICE told Herndon it would not renew the town’s Memorandum of Agreement authorizing the town’s participation after Dec. 31, according to a statement on…
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Bob Bruhns
11:49 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
It is misleading for ICE to suggest that communities like Herndon were using 287(g) to deport "individuals arrested for minor misdemeanor offenses such as traffic offenses and other petty crimes." Herndon was always looking to remove the 'worst of the worst" (serious criminals and drunk drivers). In Herndon, 287(g) worked very much like the standard check that is routinely conducted on everyone, … more ›