Gov. Henry McMaster and Sen. Lindsey Graham on Thursday promoted a program that provides federal financial incentives to local law enforcement agencies that sign collaboration agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) via the 287(g) program.
The American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina opposes any expansion of 287(g) in South Carolina. These agreements are a disaster for civil liberties, a fiscal burden on local governments, and a threat to public trust in law enforcement.
“Americans have been watching in horror this year as ICE agents increasingly seek to act as masked secret police for a violent, unaccountable, and openly racist mass deportation regime,” said Jace Woodrum, Executive Director of the ACLU of South Carolina. “It is unconscionable for local law enforcement leaders not only to endorse ICE’s daily abuses, but to join in those abuses as well.”…