Inside ICE: Volume 4, Issue 3

287(g) Program Trains State and Local Law Enforcement To Identify Criminal Aliens

Law Enforcement officers receiving their training in 287(g).

Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act delegates authority to state and local law enforcement agencies, permitting designated officers to perform immigration law enforcement functions provided that these officers receive appropriate training and function under the supervision of sworn U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

In the first two weeks of May 2007, 82 law enforcement officers were 287(g) trained, including participants from agencies in Arizona and Colorado.

ICE offers two training programs including a five-week program for field level law enforcement officers and a four-week program for correctional personnel. These officers work in conjunction with ICE to gain necessary resources and authority to pursue investigations relating to violent crimes, human smuggling, gang/organized crime activity, sexual-related offenses, narcotics smuggling and money laundering; and support in more remote geographical locations.

Mecklenburg County (N.C.) Sheriff's Office received its 287 (g) authority in February 2006. Sheriff's deputies in county jail facilities check the immigration status of all non-U.S. born arrestees. According to county documents, in the first nine months of the program, deputies examined over 1,600 arrestees, placing 853 of them in deportation proceedings.

The 287 (g) partnerships continue to generate hundreds of investigative leads, arrests and convictions for a variety of federal and state charges.

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