The Kafkaeque world of 287(g)

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

My father believes that in every large organization there was a smart person in charge somewhere in a back room with a lot of common sense to whom you could appeal to straighten out problems. If he saw the 287(g) operation in San Diego, his belief would be shaken. The 287(g) program is the program defined in Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which provides for federal-state cooperation in enforcing the immigration laws. This is a small part…