Herndon Police Prepare for Immigration Training
"The Herndon Police Department will meet this month with senior agents
of United States Immigration and Customs and Enforcement to discuss the guidelines for how immigration enforcement authority will be utilized in trained officers, shaping the future of local law enforcement's interaction with Herndon's immigrant population," The Connection newspaper reports. "The meetings come after ICE approved Herndon's request for the specialized training of local personnel to enforce some federal immigration authorities last week, known as '287(g)' training for the specific section that references it in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1996. Herndon law enforcement officials will begin working with senior ICE agents to outline the circumstances under which the authority to initiate deportation proceedings of people found to be living illegally in the United States will be used by members of the Herndon Police Department."
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