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The 287(g) program was created in 2001 to grant local law enforcement the authority to enforce civil immigration laws. The predecessor to the Secure Communities deportation program, 287(g) sent a chilling effect through immigrant communities and sparked a series of on-going Department of Justice investigations as examples of racial profiling and abuse of power in Maricopa County, Arizona and places like Gwinnett and Cobb Counties in Georgia became notorious examples of the flawed logic of conscripting police in immigration policies.

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Falta de reforma migratoria pesa en la campaña de Obama - Univision
March 1, 2012
El incumplimiento de la promesa hecha en 2008 de empujar una reforma migratoria en el primer año de su mandato y los sucesivos récords de deportaciones en los años fiscales 2009, 2010 y 2011 le...

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Congressman Grijalva Joins AZ and National Leaders to Commend DOJ Investigation on Arpaio
Link to recording of today's call: http://ndlon.org/docs/2011arpaio.mp3 Phoenix, AZ- Yesterday, the United States Department of Justice released a scathing report, confirming the “discriminatory policing practices” that Sheriff Joe Arpaio has used to…
NDLON Responds to DHS Action, Calls for End to Secure Communities Nationally
In reaction to the Department of Homeland Security announcement that it is severing its 287(g) agreement with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and restricting his access to Secure Communities, Chris…
Amidst Calls for Arpaio's Resignation, NDLON Calls on White House to Take Action
As the call for Sheriff Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona to resign grows, Pablo Alvarado of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network issued the following statement: "We are pleased attention has properly…
GLAHR Response to HB 87 Injunction
With parts of HB 87 temporarily blocked, community still threatened by Governor’s appeal and already existing 287(g) and the so-called ‘secure communities’ program. 06.27.2011 Atlanta, GA. Today Judge Thrash announced…
Department of Justice Should Intervene in not just Investigate Maricopa County
Salvador Reza of the Puente Movement responded to today's Department of Justice settlement for access to records in Sheriff Arpaio's office with the following statement. "Nearly three years after the…

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Call to Stop 287(g)

12-12-2012 NHITS1902 Take Action NDLON Staff

Sheriffs in several states have asked the federal government to expand their local deportation powers. The new agreements will be reviewed by DHS as soon as next week. Can you...