Federal funds for local police enforcement accelerated Trump immigration crackdown

By: Ariana Figueroa

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: October 2, 2026

Words: 1,313

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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WASHINGTON — This summer, arrests of immigrants in the United States soared to the highest levels since President Donald Trump returned to office.

An unprecedented increase in cooperation between local and state law enforcement and federal immigration officers through collaborations known as 287(g) agreements helped drive numbers up.

The agreements allow state and local law enforcement agencies to enforce parts of federal immigration law and have become an arm of Trump’s mass deportation campaign. Republicans in …

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