Keller could become the largest Texas city to partner with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
If approved by council at the Aug. 5 meeting, Keller law enforcement officers would be a part of ICE’s 287(g) program. The program authorizes state and local officers to “perform specified immigration officer functions under the agency’s direction and oversight,” according to the website.
For Keller, this would mean that when a person is arrested and taken to jail, a legal status check would be performed…