When President Donald Trump said he wanted to make America safe again, he meant it. A new program being implemented by the Department of Homeland Security is just the latest example of the administration’s commitment to safeguarding Americans.
DHS is taking an innovative approach to enhancing its illegal immigration enforcement efforts. This strategy could revolutionize the efficiency with which criminal illegal aliens are apprehended by law enforcement agencies throughout the country.
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Through utilizing a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act known as 287(g), DHS announced on Tuesday new reimbursement opportunities for the nation’s law enforcement agencies that aid Immigration and Customs Enforcement in arresting criminal illegal immigrants. The program enables state and local law enforcement agencies to sign agreements with ICE to assist with illegal immigration enforcement, including deportations.
“287(g) is critical to having the enforcement we need to arrest criminal illegal aliens across the country,” a DHS spokesperson told the Washington Examiner’s Anna Giaritelli. “DHS has secured 896 signed agreements with state and local partnerships under this program, and we will continue to build on that number.”
However, with the new reimbursement opportunity announced on Tuesday, the 287(g) Program Task Force Model will allow ICE to “fully reimburse” any agency with participating officers, including the “annual salary and benefits of each eligible trained 287(g) officer, including overtime coverage up to 25% of the officer’s annual salary.” It’s an incentive program that is common sense and, most importantly, will help make the country safer.
The possibilities for this enhanced security that will result from this are, in a way, remarkable. The program will provide any law enforcement agency that signs the agreement with the resources needed to educate and train officers to “enforce immigration laws while performing routine police duties,” read a press release announcing the program. It’s another tool the Trump administration is using to remove the “worst of the worst,” such as terrorists, murderers, rapists, and pedophiles who prey on innocent Americans and wreak havoc in communities.
“ICE is not only supercharging our hiring, we are also multiplying partnerships with state and local law enforcement to remove the worst of the worst including murderers, gang members, rapists, terrorists, and pedophiles from our country,” said ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan.
The release noted that the 287(g) Program Task Force Model currently includes personnel from 40 states. Among them are over 8,500 trained task officers and another 2,000 officers still in training. As of Tuesday morning, DHS has seen a significant increase in its partnerships with the nation’s law enforcement agencies, going from 135 to 958, a staggering increase of 609%.
Moreover, DHS will fund multiple incentive opportunities for any law enforcement agency participating in the 287(g) Program Task Force Model. Participants who are successful at their tasks will have the chance for a “quarterly monetary performance award,” with payments ranging from $500 to $1000, depending on their success percentage in apprehending the criminals ICE seeks.
“Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill, ICE launched a new reimbursement program for state and local law enforcement who partner with DHS to make America safe again,” said Sheahan. “We encourage all state and local law enforcement agencies to sign a 287(g) agreement now. By joining forces with ICE, you’re not just gaining access to these unprecedented reimbursement opportunities—you’re becoming part of a national effort to ensure the safety of every American family.”
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It’s a win-win because it protects innocent Americans from violent criminals while rewarding officers who exceed their performance objectives. It can be a real game-changer and a policy that can forever change the history of the United States, incentivizing law enforcement agencies to hold the “worst of the worst” of illegal immigrants accountable. The 287(g) Program Task Force Model will be integral to one of the most transformational periods in American history.
U.S. history is rife with presidential administrations talking about the horrors associated with illegal immigration and promising to remedy it. Only the Trump administration decided to do something about it.