(The Center Square) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expanding partnerships with local law enforcement in Tennessee resulting in major arrests of violent criminals.
State and local law enforcement have expanded 287(g) partnerships with ICE in a concerted effort to identify and apprehend criminal foreign nationals who pose public safety threats and to find missing children.
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