ICE Key ACCESS Programs

Here's a link to a good article on the 287g program, Secure Communities, etc. It's from the folks at the National Immigration Law Center. From their website:

Our mission is to protect and promote the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their family members.  NILC staff specialize in immigration law and the employment and public benefits rights of immigrants.  We conduct policy analysis and impact litigation and provide publications, technical advice, and trainings to a broad constituency of legal aid agencies, community groups, and pro bono attorneys.

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Overview of  ICE  Programs:

One of the most troubling aspects of recent immigration enforcement is the degree to which state and local police have become enmeshed in the enforcement of federal immigration law. Their role is largely unregulated and
unchallenged. It has occurred through interrelated programs that lack transparency, accountability, oversight,
and mechanisms to ensure that the federal government’s claimed enforcement priorities — to target “serious
criminal aliens”— are carried out in reality...(more: pdf)