The Department of Homeland Security has started signing agreements with local law enforcement agencies to assist with federal immigration operations, with a nominee for a top post at the department telling senators Tuesday it would be a “major initiative.”
The U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement website lists 20 agencies that signed up to participate in what is known as the 287(g) program since Trump signed an executive order last month directing the DHS to revive it. ICE lists another 56 as pending as of Monday, with 25 of those in Florida.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after attending a Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday for Troy Edgar to be DHS deputy secretary, told reporters the department has been working with “local leaders to get a lot of these folks in custody and get them out of the country.”
