Mr. President. what I believe we should do. and the purpose of the amendment that I offered and am hoping we will be able to get accepted in some fashion. is modest. but it is an important step. It will require that $51 million be set aside in the underlying bill that is before us today for section 287(g) training. that is. training State and local law enforcement officers to be of assistance to Federal immigration officers. and that $2.5 million of the $51 million could be used to reimburse State and local training expenses. Now. there are 65 pending training agreements out there right now. some of which are being executed and some of which are waiting to be executed. I would like to explain why I think this is important. fair. and commonsensical. It is something we should do. Section 133 of the Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996 is codified as section 287(g). the Immigration and Nationality Act. the INA. and it has commonly been known as the 287(g) program. Under this program. States and localities can ask the Department of Homeland Security to enter into a memorandum of understanding.
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