ICE’s deportation ‘force-multiplier’: Local sheriffs
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🗓️ 1 December 2021
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Today on Post Reports, a deep examination of the sheriffs involved in the controversial 287(g) program. Plus, how the new republic of Barbados signals a changing tide for the British crown.
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Investigative reporter Debbie Cenziper has been looking into the expansion of a controversial program called 287(g) that allows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to recruit sheriffs as partners to question and detain undocumented immigrants.
“What I found most surprising is that some of the sheriffs empowered by the federal government with enforcement authority, the power to investigate and detain undocumented immigrants, had made very public statements — some might call them bombastic statements — about their views on immigration policy,” Cenziper said.
Later on the show, we’ll talk about Barbados officially removing Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and inaugurating its first president — and bestowing Rihanna as a “national hero.” As Jennifer Hassan reports, the importance of Barbados transitioning to a republic goes beyond one country and reflects a growing debate over why the British monarchy still exists.
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| 0:59.9 | For months, one of our investigative reporters, Debbie Sensipper, has been looking into a |
| 1:04.1 | contentious program run by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. |
| 1:08.7 | It's called 287G. |
| 1:13.0 | ICE empowers local sheriffs and their deputies to report and investigate and detain undocumented |
| 1:23.5 | immigrants who were brought into local jails on unrelated charges, ranging from misdemeanors |
| 1:29.7 | to felonies to driving offenses. |
| 1:33.3 | Debbie and the Post have managed to obtain dozens of internal emails from ICE. |
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