Immigration enforcement program likely to get eliminated by house bill

Britain, December 28: An immigration enforcement program will receive a big jolt owing to a bill introduced in the UK House.

Named 287 (g), the immigration program helps enforcement of federal immigration laws through deputation of local officials involved in law enforcement. 

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are partners with Prince William and Loudoun counties, Manassas Park City, Manassas City and Herndon for the immigration program in Virginia. 

With the expansion of yet another immigration program named Secure Communities, this program has become more important, stated director and senior vice president at the MPI (Migration Policy Institute). MPI happens to be an organization run on no profit basis and is involved in studying the migration of people from the world over. 

Secure Communities helps several local agencies in providing access to biometric data from the Department of Homeland Security by enabling such agencies to verify immigration status of inmates. The program has been joined by Fairfax counties and also Prince William. 

Introduced by Republican Luis Gutierrez, D-III, the immigration reform bill holds great promise. 

Senator Charles Schumer is also hoping to introduce a similar bill, which, according to House leadership, must be preceded by the Senate first, asserted director of US Immigration Policy Program at MPI, Doris Meissner. 

Meissner has a positive hope for the bill which, he feels, is likely to survive as the Senate bill will need to win the favor of Republicans to get a green signal. 

Meissner was echoed by a professor of immigration history at American University, Alan Kraut. Kraut feels that cooperation at different levels is needed. 

And if the program survives, it will expand throughout Virginia. However, there is a need for the Virginia State Police to get training for the program.