More Counties Ready to Sign Up for Immigration Training Under 287(g)

"The Pinal County Sheriff's office plans to get some of its officers trained in enforcing elements of federal immigration law. While state and local police have generally stayed out of immigration enforcement, an increasing number of agencies nationwide have applied to have their officers trained to make immigration arrests or speed up deportations. Pinal County Sheriff Chris Vasquez said he initially plans to get five deputies and five detention officers trained and will do this periodically until most deputies are trained," the AP reports.

"Cumberland County deputies may soon start checking for illegal immigrants in the Cumberland County Jail. Sheriff Moose Butler wants to join other North Carolina sheriffs in an effort to identify foreign-born nationals who break the law. Butler has applied to participate in a federally funded program know as the section 278(g) initiative. The program provides training to state and local lawmen to identify, process and, when appropriate, detain people who have been arrested and who are in the U.S. illegally," the Fayetteville Observer writes.