ACLU v. US Department of Homeland Security
- Filed: 07/25/2018
- Status: Active
- Court: United States District Court - District of Maryland
- Latest Update: Jul 25, 2018
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maryland filed suit in federal court in Baltimore under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) against the US Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to ensure that local police departments that partner with ICE in anti-immigrant 287(g) agreements can be held accountable to the communities they serve. The lawsuit seeks full information about individuals who were held for further immigration screening, as well as policies and directives about how the Harford County Sheriff’s Office identified who they would target for screening.
287(g) is a program that gives a job meant for the federal government – immigration enforcement – to local law enforcement who receive little training and often use practices that amount to racial profiling. Three Maryland counties – Frederick, Anne Arundel and Harford County – are actively using local police agencies to target and cage immigrants for ICE as part of the federal 287(g) program. This is disturbing because 287(g) agreements undermine public safety, encourage racial profiling, and weaken families that make our state strong.
Seven Truths Surrounding 287(g) Programs
Currently, three Maryland counties – Frederick, Cecil and Harford County – are actively using local police agencies to target and cage immigrants for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of the 287(g) program. The 287(g) program deputizes local police as federal ICE agents who receive minimal training and are incentivized to use racial profiling tactics against mostly Black and Brown immigrants. The belief by some that programs like this keep communities safe stem from several myths. Let’s set the record straight.
La verdad de los programas 287(g)
Actualmente, tres condados de Maryland – Frederick, Cecil y Harford – están utilizando activamente las agencias de policía locales como parte del programa 287(g) para atacar y enjaular a inmigrantes para Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de los Estados Unidos. El programa 287(g) diputara a la policía local como agentes federales de ICE. Los oficiales locales reciben entrenamiento mínimo y se les incentiva a usar tácticas de racismo contra inmigrantes, quienes son mayormente personas negras y morenas. La creencia de algunas personas es que programas como este mantienen a las comunidades seguras. Esto proviene de varios mitos. Vamos a dejar las cosas claras.
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