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Obama Law Enforcement Program 287 G - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 29th Jul, 2009 - 8:29pm
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Criticized for Targeting Immigrants and Increasing Racial ProfilingPost Date: 29th Jul, 2009 - 8:29pm / Post ID: #
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Obama: Law Enforcement Program 287(g)
Obama Admin Expands Law Enforcement Program 287(g), Criticized for Targeting Immigrants and Increasing Racial Profiling
The Obama administration has expanded the controversial 287(g) program, which allows local law enforcement agencies to enter into agreements with Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, effectively giving local police the powers of federal immigration agents. The agreements have been widely criticized for increasing racial profiling and singling out immigrants for arrest without suspicion of crime. We speak to Aarti Shahani of Justice Strategies and Roberto Lovato of New America Media. Ref. Source 7
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