George Mason University students and Prince William residents are invited to a National Issues Forum, Coping with the Cost of Health Care, on Friday April 3 at 6:00 p.m. The group will meet at the GMU Prince William campus, in Room 130 of the Occoquan Building. To register for the forum, just complete and submit the form at www.cvdnva.org.Read More
287(g) Program Riddled with Ambiguity
A GAO report released Tuesday night exposed some major flaws in the 287(g) program, according to the Washington Post. The report said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E), the overseer of the program, intended for 287(g) to be a plan to identify serious criminal offenders who are illegal immigrants and who needed to be removed from the country.
Some of the 67 jurisdictions who have trained for 298(g) with ICE are using 287(g) as a way to harass immigrants and to put ice detainers on individuals stopped for minor infractions like urinating in public and open alcohol containers, contrary to the objectives of the program.
