Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told lawmakers Wednesday that even so-called “sanctuary cities” should work with federal immigration officials to boot criminals in the US illegally — and acknowledged that he considers the migrant surge across the US-Mexico border to be a “crisis.”
Mayorkas, who was impeached by the House in February and has been accused by Republicans of a “willful” and “systemic” refusal to follow immigration law, talked up ICE’s so-called “287(g) Program,” a reference to a part of a 1996 federal law that permits ICE to collaborate with state and local law enforcement to identify and deport “incarcerated criminal noncitizens.”
“I believe that when an individual poses a threat to public safety or national security, their local or state jurisdiction should co-operate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the swift detention and removal of that individual,” Mayorkas said.
“I continue to believe that 287(g), when executed properly, is a force multiplier for our enforcement efforts,” the DHS chief added, though he sidestepped a question from Rep. John Rutherford (R-Fla.) about whether he wanted to expand the program.
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