Jaclyn Diaz

This gives the local police officers the power to question, investigate, or arrest people for perceived or set immigration violations.

And that's unique because it's power that's only really traditionally reserved for federal officers.

The biggest and most powerful version of these agreements is a task force model.

And DHS says that under 287 agreements, local officers can stop people, question them, and make arrests for immigration violations.

And under Trump, we found that the task force model is the most often used agreement.

Under the big, beautiful bill, they actually included an element in that bill that gives more funding to ICE generally, but also specifically for 287G agreements where local police can essentially be reimbursed for participating in this program.

DHS is a big proponent of these agreements.

In response to some of my questions, they said that it helps, you know, take action.

some of the most violent offenders off the streets of the U.S.

They say it makes it safer.

It's also, they said, a critical resource for the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts.