On August 5, 2010, the National Sheriff’s Association stated that it supports Section 287(g) to be implemented on a national level. Florida is currently one of the states of many states that have already implemented Section 287(g). Section 278(g) allows local police officers to participate in identifying and removing criminal aliens from the US. Under Section 287(g), police officers are authorized and even required to contact Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to alert them to all arrests for individuals that are not US citizens. Even if the individual is a green card holder, ICE will still be alerted that the individual has been arrested. It is then in ICE’s discretion what action they will take, which can include placing an immigration hold on the individual or placing them in removal proceedings.
For more information on Section 287(g), I have written an article reprinted in attorney publications on www.needimmigrationhelp.com. For more information on this recent news release, please go to http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=32821