The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act ("IIRIRA") was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1996 and provided a broad series of amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 ("INA"). Section 287(g) of IIRIRA was Congress' response to the overburdened federal immigration system. More specifically, Section 287(g) authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") to deputizes state and local law enforcement personnel so that these local officers can enforce federal immigration laws. The language of section 287(g) is written broadly, allowing ICE discretion in specifying the duties of these local officers, the duration of their authority, and ICEs supervision of these officers.
Paging the mayor....
yep, that’s another good one, to show what fools these (and other cities which would try to follow suit) are.... angry at “new” laws which are not even new at all