Fordham Law Professor John Pfaff‘s expert opinion was quoted in The Independent, as he commented on the possibility of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) trying to fix its hiring challenges by expanding the 287(g) program.
ICE could try to get around its hiring problems by expanding the 287(g) program, which effectively deputizes local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws. The federal government currently has more than 800 such agreements in place.
But the program requires local buy-in. Democratic-led cities such as New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles, home to millions of immigrants, are unlikely to participate.
“That could alleviate ICE’s short-run logistical challenge, but it is also the option most vulnerable to local resistance,” according to Fordham Law School professor John Pfaff. “And many states and localities already have either banned such agreements or limited the sorts of cooperation that’s possible, with more joining in.”
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Lowering hiring standards for immigration enforcement — which the Border Patrol union has warned against — could also invite even “less competent and potentially more dangerous” recruits into environments that even local cops are complaining about, according to Pfaff.