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Law enforcement group warns mandatory local immigration enforcement would erode trust and divert policing resources
Summary
Major Neil Franklin, representing the Law Enforcement Action Partnership, told the House subcommittee that compelling local police to perform routine civil immigration enforcement would damage community trust, increase legal liabilities, and divert scarce resources from violent crime and domestic violence response.
Major Neil Franklin, retired law-enforcement officer and representative of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP), testified before the House Judiciary subcommittee that routine civil immigration enforcement by local police would harm public safety by eroding trust in police and redirecting resources away from serious crime.
"Ordering state and local law enforcement to act as ICE agents would deeply damage police community trust," Franklin said, adding that policing depends on cooperation from victims and witnesses. He cited survey findings in his…
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