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Chapter 1: What recent changes have been made to immigration enforcement by the Trump administration?
Good morning. The Trump administration has ramped up using local police to carry out immigration enforcement, but now some states are pushing back.
We will not allow untrained, unqualified and unaccountable agents to deputize our brave local law enforcement officers.
After new Epstein Files revelations, the Los Angeles mayor is calling for the Olympics chairman to resign. The LA Times explains why. And the Chicago Sun-Times reflects on the legacy of Jesse Jackson, who has died at the age of 84. It's Wednesday, February 18th. I'm Cecilia Ley, and this is Apple News Today.
Yesterday, Maryland became the latest state to push against President Trump's immigration crackdown by prohibiting enforcement agreements, partnerships that allow local law enforcement officers to carry out federal immigration duties. The state follows similar moves in other Democratic-led states like Virginia, New Mexico, and Maine. Here's a Democratic governor, Wes Moore.
We believe in due process here in the state of Maryland, and we refuse to blur the lines. between state and federal authority in ways that undermine the trust between law enforcement and the communities that they serve. And the best way to address crime is by making sure that the communities feel safe and want to be involved in the process to stop it in the first place.
The law comes as NPR reports that partnerships between local police and ICE have skyrocketed this past year under powers derived from a program with a wonky title, 287G. Jacqueline Diaz, a correspondent with NPR, told us how it works.
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 program itself is not new. In fact, it was President Bill Clinton who signed it into law back in 1996. In Maryland, for example, until yesterday, the county jail has for a long time asked inmates whether they were in the country illegally and then passed the information to a federal authority.
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Chapter 2: Why is the chair of the L.A. Olympics facing calls to resign?
But there's been a clear change in how these agreements are being used in Trump's second term. NPR reports that there were just 45 of these agreements in place back in 2019. As of this week, ICE says that there are nearly 1,500 active agreements. It varies massively across the country. Red states like Texas and Florida have hundreds in place. Blue states like Illinois or California have zero.
The agreements come in different forms, but Dia said that one was particularly common.
Chapter 3: What is the legacy of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson?
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.
To encourage cooperation, financial incentives are offered to local law enforcement.
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.
Dia said that according to some officials, enforcement agreements were less common under previous administrations. One official, who worked under Clinton, said she couldn't recall it being used. The program expanded under President Bush after 9-11, and President Obama, who deported more people than any of his predecessors, also employed the practice.
But in 2012, 287G practices were suspended after a number of documented civil rights abuses. NPR reports that the program was basically left intact, but not really used under President Biden. Now, ICE says there are agreements active in 40 states and territories.
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.
Meanwhile, those who oppose this kind of local-federal cooperation warn that in addition to draining local resources, these agreements risk racial profiling and civil rights violations, as well as making local police navigate complicated immigration laws.
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Chapter 4: How has the 287(g) program affected local law enforcement?
As the Winter Olympics enters its final stretch, some media and political attention is turning to the Los Angeles Summer Games in 2028. That's because the Hollywood mogul leading the planning and execution of the event is facing pressure to step aside because of the latest batch of Epstein files.
Casey Wasserman is the chair of LA28, the nonprofit organizing committee for the upcoming Summer Games. Here he is back in 2024 speaking to NBC about the job he was taking on as the Paris Games wrapped up.
We are what we are. We are in many ways the cultural capital of the world. And I think you see a lot of star power, a lot of excitement, a lot of energy, and a place that is truly diverse and brings the world together.
But his relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell, the infamous associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is now under scrutiny following new revelations. While the board of L.A. 28 has given him full confidence, he's lost the support of the L.A. mayor, Karen Bass.
She doesn't have the authority to fire him, but she's become the most senior public official yet to call for his resignation in a CNN interview this week.
The board made a decision. I think that decision was unfortunate. I don't support the decision. My opinion is that he should step down.
The documents revealed that in 2003, Wasserman traveled to Africa on a humanitarian mission with Maxwell, along with former President Bill Clinton.
And it showed that at some point after the trip, He exchanged these risky sounding emails with Maxwell after.
Dakota Smith is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times.
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