SEIU Calls for End to 287g program

Yesterday, SEIU Exec. Vice President Eliseo Medina and national and community leaders of the Reform Immigration FOR America campaign gathered for a teleconference call to discuss the fundamental flaws in the 287g immigration enforcement program.

This call came on the heels of the release of the report by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on the Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s 287(g) program, which gives state and local law enforcement agencies authority to enforce immigration laws. The report points to serious problems with oversight and accountability, indicating that ICE has little control over the program.http://www.seiu.org/2010/04/287-g-and-vigils-at-ice.phpSEIU