A diverse array of several hundred advocacy groups has urged President Obama to end a program which allows local police to enforce federal immigration law. Houston-area immigration lawyer<\/a> Annie Banerjee joins the chorus of boos for a program that not only doesn\u2019t work, it leads to blatant injustice.<\/p>\n Acting as a unified coalition, a diverse array of concerned immigrant advocacy groups wrote a letter to the President strongly urging him to consider ending a program that allows local police to enforce federal immigration law. The program, barely known to the U.S. citizenry-at-large, is known under the veiled code name \u201c287(g).\u201d The program actively deputizes police to turn over suspects or criminals to immigration authorities for possible deportation. Immigrant rights groups have asserted that the program has led to numerous civil rights violations and racial profiling. \u201cIt\u2019s awful,\u201d Banerjee explains, \u201clocal law enforcement is suddenly given a tremendous degree of latitude and responsibility. (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A diverse array of several hundred advocacy groups has urged President Obama to end a program which allows local police to enforce federal immigration law. Houston-area immigration lawyer Annie Banerjee joins the chorus of boos for a program that not…<\/span><\/p>\n