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The task forces are part of a broader program known as “287(g),” for the section of the #Immigration & Nationality Act that enables it. Congress created the program in 1996 as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration.

Currently the program operates only in #jails. >130 agencies have allowed #ICE to train some officers to enforce immigration laws against people in their jails who have already been arrested for a local #crime….