Obama Wants Borders Wide Open!

(copy of letter from NumbersUSA.com)

Obama Budget Proposal Ends Immigration Enforcement Program

Dear Activist,

In 1996, Congress passed legislation that created the 287(g) program. 287(g) allows local police to voluntarily team up with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help enforce federal immigration laws. Agencies sign a contract with the federal government and then send several of its police officers through a federal training program.

In 2010, the Obama Administration stopped processing new requests from local agencies and made several policy changes that all but ended the program. The Administration is now taking its 2010 actions one step further by proposing to end all 287(g) funding in its 2013 budget.

Last year, however, the House of Representatives voted down an amendment offered by Rep. Jared Polis that, if passed, would have ended the 287(g) program. The House also voted in favor of increasing funding for 287(g). Despite the House's actions, the Administration is continuing its pursuit to end 287(g).

Earlier this week, our Chief Legislative Analyst Jonathan Osborne wrote a blog that detailed the events of a Congressional hearing last week where DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano attempted to defend the Administration's actions. Read that blog here.

Thanks,
Chris Chmielenski
NumbersUSA
Director, Content & Activism

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