US Sheriffs Prepare to Aid Trump With Deportations

Sheriffs across the U.S. are preparing to help the Trump administration deport illegal immigrants after President-elect Trump takes office, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Trump’s incoming border czar, former Immigration and Customs Enforcement official Tom Homan, is reportedly looking to expand a federal program that grants sheriffs and other law enforcement agencies the authority to utilize ICE powers under a “task force model,” according to the Journal. 

“You should expect to see a historic number of new 287(g) agreements,” said an unnamed person said to be involved in transition planning, referring to the subsection of immigration law that the program is named after.

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