The message:
Urgent: Senate Bill 2114 is another cruel attack on immigrants, diverts local resources away from our communities, and would create a corrosion of public trust at a time when trust is at an all-time low!
We urge you to contact Chairman Joey Hood and let him know to vote no on SB 2114.
SB 2114 would require all MS sheriffs to sign 287(g) agreements, diverting local resources away from our communities to support inhumane, federal immigration tactics. While the Trump administration claims to target people with serious criminal records, it has failed to provide data to back up that characterization. In the meantime, we have seen scores of accounts of students, parents, and their young children, and long-time residents who pose no danger to anyone being arrested and, in many cases, swiftly deported.
Supporters of SB 2114 say it is an effort to ensure local law enforcement is sharing information with the federal government regarding individuals in custody. But the truth is, DHS is already notified of every single individual taken into state or local custody, regardless of whether the law enforcement agency is part of the 287(g) program or not.
