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FLEOA Applauds President Trump's Orders to Defund Sanctuary Cities and Augment Border Enforcement

Today, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association released a statement in support of President Trump's latest immigration and border security executive orders empowering the Department of Homeland Security assets.

January 27, 2017

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FOP Supports Trump Order on Sanctuary Cities

The nation’s largest police union, the Fraternal Order of Police, has issued a statement of support for President Trump’s action on sanctuary cities.

January 26, 2017

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Governor to Seek Law to Remove TX Sheriffs Who Don't Help Immigration Officials

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he and other lawmakers will seek new laws to remove Texas sheriffs from office if they do not fully cooperate with federal immigration officials over the handling of individuals who are thought to be undocumented immigrants.

January 25, 2017

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Trump Signs Directive to Start Border Wall With Mexico, Ramp Up Immigration Enforcement

President Trump signed a pair of executive actions Wednesday to begin ramping up immigration enforcement, including a new border wall with Mexico, vowing that construction on his chief campaign pledge would begin in months.

January 25, 2017

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New San Francisco Sheriff Reverses Ban on Communicating with Immigration Agents

In one of her first acts in office, San Francisco Sheriff Vicki Hennessy plans to reverse her predecessor’s policy barring deputies at the city jail from communicating with federal immigration agents — a policy that came under fire last year after a man wanted for deportation was released from jail and then was accused of killing a woman on Pier 14.

January 14, 2016

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Human Traffickers Found to Exploit U.S. Visas and Data-Sharing Failures

Human traffickers used fiancé and work visas to bring dozens of victims to the United States, exploiting a lack of data sharing between immigration offices within the Department of Homeland Security, according to the agency's internal watchdog.

January 12, 2016

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San Francisco's First Female Sheriff Plans to Improve Ties in Criminal Justice System

San Francisco elected its first female sheriff on Tuesday: Vicki Hennessy, a city native who pledged to work with the whole criminal justice system — including the police, the district attorney's office and federal immigration officials — to build better relationships.

November 5, 2015

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FLEOA Slams Senate for Failure to Pass Sanctuary City Bill

Today the Senate rejected a bill that would have authorized withholding federal funding from "sanctuary city" governments that choose not to cooperate with federal immigration officials. Don Mihalek, Legislative Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA), issued the following response.

October 20, 2015

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Video: Slain Officers' Names in New Immigration Bill

Two California law enforcement officers who were murdered by an illegal immigrant are being honored with a new bill that aims to increase collaboration among local, state, and federal officials in the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws.

September 29, 2015

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San Francisco Killing Sparks National Outrage, Likely Political Fallout

The barrage of outraged tweets from GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump decrying the shocking San Francisco slaying of 32-year old Kathryn Steinle signals the start of what may be an intense immigration debate with potential fallout in California, home to the nation's largest undocumented population.

July 6, 2015

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Bills to Strengthen Immigration Enforcement Introduced in House

Four bills that would strengthen interior enforcement of immigration laws; remove the ability of the President to unilaterally shut down immigration enforcement; ensure jobs are preserved for legal workers; reform the United States’ asylum laws and make sure unaccompanied alien minors who make the dangerous trek to the United States are safely returned home have been introduced in the House.

March 3, 2015

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Border Patrol Revamps Practices to Settle Lawsuit

U.S. immigration authorities must revamp their practices to ensure Mexicans accused of living in the country illegally are properly informed of their right to a hearing before an immigration judge, according to a lawsuit settlement made public Wednesday.

August 28, 2014