The 287(g) Program provides local law enforcement officials with the tools and authorization to detain illegal aliens.  Though this successful program has come under fire from the Obama Administration, the NC Civitas Institute reports “NC Sheriffs [are] Still Reporting Illegals.”

In August, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent a revised agreement with 12 changes to its participating agencies. The new guidelines have been viewed, by several press accounts, as tying the sheriffs’ hands from reporting illegal aliens for deportation, which was the foundation of the 287 (g) program.

Regardless, North Carolina sheriffs continue to identify and report illegal aliens who come through their jails no matter what they are charged. Currently, seven sheriff’s departments in North Carolina participate in the 287 (g) program: Alamance, Cabarrus, Cumberland, Gaston, Henderson, Mecklenburg and Wake counties, as well as the Durham Police Department.

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