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Tom Latham: “I just want to reemphasize this is a voluntary program where the INS, on a voluntary basis, with local law enforcement…”

On the recordMarch 20, 1996
I just want to reemphasize this is a voluntary program where the INS, on a voluntary basis, with local law enforcement, or the State, join in an agreement, and whatever controls or restrictions put in that agreement, it is up to that agreement. All we are saying is that the local law enforcement agencies should have an opportunity to work with INS, to be their eyes and ears out in the local communities. These people are on the frontline. These people are the ones who know if someone has violated a deportation order and is in their community under a criminal act by violating that order, and they should, in fact, have the power to detail, arrest, and transport that individual to INS so that they can be deported. Quite honestly, we have to empower our local law enforcement.
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Tom Latham
Iowa
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Discussing an amendment related to local law enforcement's role in immigration enforcement.

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