ICE Pays Millions to Local Police for Immigration Duties
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Ken Klippensteins investigation reveals ICEs multi-million dollar investment in local police departments via the 287(g) program, enabling officers to handle federal immigration duties. This setup, with over one thousand agreements nationwide, sees payments covering salary boosts, travel costs, and bonuses tied to arrests. Funding disproportionately favors Republican states like Florida, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, even small towns. ICEs push for new pacts with over four hundred more agencies fuels debate on safety, rights, and uneven enforcement, as it locks in tougher immigration action in friendly areas.
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