Recent reports have found that 287(g) agreements are costing localities millions to implement while ICE provides little oversight and support to the program. Additionally, crime-solving activities are being compromised, the trust between police and community is eroding, and accusations of racial profiling and civil rights violations are on the rise. Furthermore 287(g) agreements are being used as political tools that interfere with the kind of true community policing that protect and serve our communities. (March 3, 2009)
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