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Héctor Ríos Morales

More Than 80 Local Law Enforcement Agencies Nationwide Are Now Working Alongside ICE To Ramp Up Deportations

As of March 3, ICE has signed 85 agreements with agencies in nine different states, including Florida, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nevada (Credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents continue carrying out President Donald Trump's mass deportation plans, ICE agents are now partnering with local law enforcement to increase arrests of undocumented immigrants.

Thanks to the addition of Section 287(g) to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), ICE has been able to delegate specified immigration officer duties to state and local law enforcement officers, giving them the authority to perform specified functions under the agency's direction and oversight.

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