BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – At least 10 law enforcement agencies in the area recently signed up for a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement program called 287(g), which targets undocumented residents, the WAFB I-TEAM found.
One police chief said the sign-ups come with $3,500 for each officer’s name submitted to the federal government. The Louisiana ACLU is calling for an end to the program and says local police should not be doing federal immigration enforcement.
The I-TEAM found Gonzales police, Grosse Tete police, Denham Springs police, the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office, the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff’s Office, Port Vincent police, Rosedale police and Springfield police departments signed up for one of the program’s three components over the past few months. Some agencies signed up as recently as two months ago…