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Polis: ‘287(g)’ immigration crackdown laws create ‘sweep of terror’

By | 10.21.09 | 1:45 pm

A federal program known as 287(g), which grants broad immigration enforcement powers to local law enforcement agencies, has resulted in a “sweep of terror,” said 2nd District U.S. Rep. Jared Polis. In a floor speech today, the Boulder Democrat–who…