By Anna Giaritelli | Washington Examiner
State and local police officers are signing up to assist President Donald Trump‘s mass deportation at a rapid pace, the Washington Examiner has learned, in a dramatic turnaround from the Biden administration.
The Trump administration has seen a 563% increase in the number of state and local police departments entering 287(g) agreements with the federal agency United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement since former President Joe Biden left office.
Nearly 900 law enforcement agencies across 40 states have entered contracts with ICE and deputized officers to carry out federal immigration laws in addition to local and state policies, according to data obtained by the Washington Examiner.
That is up from 135 when President Donald Trump took office in January.
“287(g) is critical to having the enforcement we need to arrest criminal illegal aliens across the country,” a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told the Washington Examiner. “DHS has secured 896 signed agreements with state and local partnerships under this program, and we will continue to build on that number despite baseless lawsuits like this.”
Austin Kocher, an immigration trends analyst and professor at Syracuse University in New York, wrote in a recent report that the shift under Trump shows “massive growth.”
The increase in partnerships means that nonfederal police can help the Trump administration carry out its immigration enforcement priorities, the largest-ever deportation operation in U.S. history.
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