The Defenders Initiative recognizes law enforcement agencies honoring their constitutional oath to protect and to serve by working cooperatively with ICE to identify, process, and detain dangerous immigration offenders per Section 287(g).

Likewise, we expose oath breakers refusing to cooperate with this critical mission, directly undermining American citizens’ rights to safety and security!

American Constitutional Rights Union is fighting to preserve American citizens’ rights to Safety & Security.

Tell us who is honoring their oath to uphold the law and working collaboratively with ICE to identify, process, and detain criminal illegal aliens per Section 287(g) so they may receive the recognition they deserve!

Who is refusing to cooperate with deportation laws and undermining American citizens’ rights to safety and security? We want to know!

“The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 added Section 287(g) to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) — authorizing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to delegate to state and local law enforcement officers the authority to perform specified immigration officer functions under the agency’s direction and oversight.

“The 287(g) Program enhances the safety and security of our nation’s communities by allowing ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) to partner with state and local law enforcement agencies to identify and remove criminal aliens who are amenable to removal from the U.S.” (ICE.gov)

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations operates three 287(g) models:

The Jail Enforcement Model

Designed to identify and process removable aliens — with criminal or pending criminal charges — who are arrested by state or local law enforcement agencies.

The Task Force Model

Serves as a force multiplier for law enforcement agencies to enforce limited immigration authority with ICE oversight during their routine police duties.

The Warrant Service Officer Program

Allows ICE to train, certify and authorize state and local law enforcement officers to serve and execute administrative warrants on aliens in their agency’s jail.

I.C.E. Enforcement and Removal Operations Fact Sheet (link)

Agencies have signed ICE 287(g) JEM agreements

Constitutional Defenders

Many politicians and law enforcement leaders are upholding and defending our Constitution. Be sure to thank yours if they are keeping America safe!

Fort Myers council reconvenes and passes plan to help Trump with deportations after deadlock vote

ACRU Staff2025-03-25T19:36:55+00:00

Your voice matters. After an initial rejection, the Ft. Myers Council reversed its decision to follow Florida law and adhere to the “287(g) agreement, entered into by all 67 of Florida’s county sheriffs and joined by state-level agencies, [that] provides training to personnel and enhances cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to ultimately deport illegal aliens more smoothly and rapidly.”

Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter to the City of Fort Myers on Tuesday afternoon, stating that the council’s actions must be “correct[ed],” or members could face removal from office, civil or criminal penalties, or being held in contempt. After pressure from the public and Governor Desantis, the council reversed its earlier decision.

Source: Fort Myers council reconvenes and passes plan to help Trump with deportations after deadlock vote

‘Bring it on’: Sheriff pushes back after blue state leaders sues to stop immigration enforcement

ACRU Staff2025-03-25T18:05:43+00:00

Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer is calling out the “lunacy” of Democratic leadership in deep blue Washington after the attorney general sued one of his colleagues for enforcing immigration law.

Source: ‘Bring it on’: Sheriff pushes back after blue state leaders sues to stop immigration enforcement | Fox News

DHS, ICE, and interagency enforcement arrest and extradite Honduran criminal alien | ICE

ACRU Staff2025-03-25T17:59:52+00:00

A Honduran criminal alien, Eswin Mejia, 28, wanted in connection with a tragic 2016 motor vehicle homicide in Douglas County, Nebraska, was arrested and extradited to the United States, March 21 following an extensive ICE joint partner investigation.

Source: DHS, ICE, and interagency enforcement arrest and extradite Honduran criminal alien | ICE

ICE, federal partner investigation results in 2 men convicted, 1 extradited from Guatemala for role in 2022 San Antonio alien smuggling mass casualty incident

ACRU Staff2025-03-25T17:58:53+00:00

Felipe Orduna-Torres, 30, also known as Cholo, Chuequito, and Negro and Armando Gonzalez-Ortega, 55, also known as El Don and Don Gon were found guilty by a jury for their roles in the mass casualty alien smuggling event.

Source: ICE, federal partner investigation results in 2 men convicted, 1 extradited from Guatemala for role in 2022 San Antonio alien smuggling mass casualty incident | ICE

ICE operation in Northern Virginia leads to arrests of more than 200 people in US illegally

ACRU Staff2025-03-22T01:13:59+00:00

ICE said its partners who were involved in the operation from March 1 to March 13 included U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Office of the Virginia Governor, the Office of the Virginia Attorney General, Virginia State Police, and Virginia Department of Corrections.

Source: ICE operation in Northern Virginia leads to arrests of more than 200 people in US illegally | WRIC ABC 8News

Oath Breakers

Some in the law enforcement community are putting politics over security by refusing to follow the Constitution.

ICE Descends on Boston in Major Sweep After Mayor Says She Won’t Cooperate – Newsweek

ACRU Staff2025-03-25T18:10:44+00:00

Over 370 illegal immigrants were arrested by federal agents in Massachusetts last week after Boston’s Mayor said she would continue to enforce the area’s sanctuary laws.

Source: ICE Descends on Boston in Major Sweep After Mayor Says She Won’t Cooperate – Newsweek

ICE Boston arrests Ugandan alien charged in Massachusetts with assault, battery on pregnant victim

ACRU Staff2025-03-25T18:07:57+00:00

ICE arrested Gedion Masunsu, 28, an illegal Ugandan alien charged in Massachusetts with two counts of assault and battery on a pregnant victim and destruction of property Jan. 25 in Waltham.

Source: ICE Boston arrests Ugandan alien charged in Massachusetts with assault, battery on pregnant victim | ICE

ICE, law enforcement partners arrest 24 illegal criminal alien offenders during Charlotte enforcement operation | ICE

ACRU Staff2025-03-22T01:08:48+00:00

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with law enforcement partners from the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, and the BATFE, apprehended 24 illegal aliens in Charlotte during an enhanced targeted enforcement operation which ran March 1 to 8. Of these criminal aliens, six had active immigration detainers which the Charlotte Mecklenburg Sheriff’s Office had not honored. There are 18 additional targeted aliens still at large who also had detainers that were not honored.

Source: ICE, law enforcement partners arrest 24 illegal criminal alien offenders during Charlotte enforcement operation | ICE

Fort Myers City Councilwoman Weeps as She Votes Down Measure That Would Help ICE with Deportations

ACRU Staff2025-03-21T23:59:11+00:00

One city councilwoman in Fort Myers, Florida, became visibly emotional, weeping as she voted down a measure that would have the city assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with deportations.

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“And so is the situation in America where we find law enforcement agencies playing politics with our safety and deciding that they will not enforce immigration law. This has been going on for far too long, and this assertion of being a “sanctuary” state or city is unlawful.”

LTC Allen West, Executive Director