The big challenge for local police is to balance the interests involved with respect to their responsibilities under the police powers of the State, and their responsibilities to ensure civil liberties established under the Constitution, with this business of enforcement of immigration laws.
Gutierrez emphasizes the complexity of balancing law enforcement and civil liberties in immigration.
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