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 Putting TRAC to Work |
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The Pew Charitable Trusts |
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January 14, 2019 |
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Urban Sheriffs Flee ICE Program as Small Counties Join Trump’s Deportation Push
By Tim Henderson
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Under the 287(g) program, sheriff’s deputies check inmates’ immigration status during the booking process in county jails using computer equipment and databases provided by ICE. Deputies flag some inmates for possible federal arrests and deportation.
Arrests under the 287(g) program spiked from fewer than 300 a month in mid-2016 — the last few months of the Obama presidency — to 945 in January 2018, but have not reached that level again as of July 2018, which is the latest data available, as some of its largest law enforcement agencies leave the program. Arrests varied from 816 in February to 903 in March. The arrest numbers by county were compiled by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University, using records obtained from ICE and other agencies.
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Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
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