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U.S. Sen. Grasley: DHS Blocking State and Local Law Enforcement’s Ability

Expressing his displeasure over the Department’s new policies with regard to the 287(g) program, Senator Chuck Grassley said that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is obstructing State and local law enforcement personnel from investigating, apprehending and detaining illegal aliens. Grassley was of the opinion that department’s new policies will weaken the program and efforts to enforce the immigration law. As an author of the program, he said it was specifically written to give local law enforcement offices the capability to investigate, apprehend and detain illegal immigrants by entering into a cooperative agreement with the federal government. Addressing a letter to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, Grassley wrote, “I am concerned that the changes being made will weaken our attempts to arrest and detain illegal immigrants in this country, no matter the magnitude of their crime. I’m afraid that your Department is too much concerned about criminal aliens, and not focused on illegal aliens who knowingly broke the law by crossing the border or overstayed a visa.” He requested Secretary Napolitano to provide a copy of the new Memorandum of Agreement template that all agencies are supposed to sign in the coming weeks.

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