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Senator introduces draft resolution urging local law enforcement to enter 287(g) agreements with ICE; no vote held
Summary
Senator Chisholm asked colleagues to cosponsor a draft resolution calling on local law enforcement to enter section 287(g) agreements with federal immigration authorities, citing border encounters, unaccompanied children and fentanyl deaths; the measure was being drafted and the Senate did not vote after a point of order was sustained.
Senator Chisholm introduced a draft resolution asking Mississippi law enforcement agencies to enter section 287(g) agreements with federal immigration officials, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and asked other senators to cosponsor the measure. The Senate took no formal vote on the proposal after a point of order questioned the procedure.
The draft resolution, which Chisholm said was being prepared that day, would call on local law enforcement to use 287(g) agreements for activities including identifying undocumented people in…
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