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Immigrant rights advocates gathered outside the Bucks County Courthouse on Tuesday as a judge began weighing whether the county sheriff’s participation in the controversial 287(g) program that expands local law enforcement authority to enforce federal immigration laws should be halted.
Advocates called for an end to Sheriff Fred Harran’s partnership with federal immigration authorities. Although the issue is now in the hands of a court, several dozen residents and activists said that they felt the need to continue to bring attention to the issue…