The Trump administration is rolling out quarterly bonuses of as much as $1,000 for state and local police officers who meet immigration-arrest targets, escalating its enforcement crackdown.
Officers deputized to arrest migrants under a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement partnership are eligible for the payments, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.
DHS said there are about 8,500 officers in 40 states in the task-force model of the 287(g) program, which allows state and local authorities to enforce US immigration laws during routine police work — a job normally reserved for federal agents.
The bonuses add to the rewards available ...
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