Controversial immigration program under heavy debate
Author: Rachel Brown
Published: 12:06 AM EDT March 21, 2018
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Local activists on both sides of the immigration issue spoke out at Tuesday night’s Mecklenburg County Commissioners meeting.
Some spoke in favor of keeping the 287 (g) act, a program that allows certain deputies to act as immigration agents. Others, on the other hand, called on the commission to change the controversial law.
“To claim that undocumented immigrants are felons by virtue of being here is dangerous, it’s racist,†said an immigration attorney, who opposes the law.
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