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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - ICE Funds Local Police to Enhance Immigration Enforcement Operations.

Florida law enforcement agencies have received millions in state and federal funds for participating in the 287(g) program, which allows local officers to enforce federal immigration laws.

Florida sheriffs and police departments are receiving significant state and federal funding for participating in the 287(g) program, which empowers local law enforcement to assist in immigration enforcement. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - At a press conference, Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia distributed checks totaling over $1.4 million to several county sheriffs for their cooperation in immigration enforcement efforts. DETAIL: The 287(g) program, which dates back decades, empowers local police to arrest illegal immigrants , a role traditionally reserved for federal immigration agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Florida and Texas lead the nation in participation, with both states offering grants to incentivize…Open

NEWSNATIONNOW (Ella Lee) - Grand jury indicts alleged WHCA dinner gunman on 4 charges

A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday indicted the man accused of attempting to violently disrupt the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last month on four charges. The charges faced by Cole Tomas Allen, the alleged gunman, include attempting to assassinate President Trump at the annual black-tie dinner for journalists and public officials and assaulting an officer or employee of the United [...]

AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - ICE activity hurts some U.S.-born workers, study finds

President Trump's immigration crackdown has not expanded job opportunities for American workers, a new study found — in fact, it's associated with an employment drain for some U.S.-born men. Why it matters: The narrative of undocumented immigrants "taking" Americans' jobs has long been a propelling force behind the president's ICE enforcement push. But research suggests his mass deportations aren't clearing the way for U.S.-born workers in the job market. Context: ICE activity led to a "negative and significant impact" on employment of U.S.-born working men with at most a high-school education working in sectors likely affected by enforcement, like construction, a working paper published in the National Bureau of Economic Research…

President Trump's immigration crackdown has not expanded job opportunities for American workers, a new study found — in fact, it's associated with an employment drain for some U.S.-born men. Why it matters: The narrative of undocumented immigrants "taking" Americans' jobs has long been a propelling force behind the president's ICE enforcement push. But research suggests his mass deportations aren't clearing the way for U.S.-born workers in the job market. Context: ICE activity led to a "negative and significant impact" on employment of U.S.-born working men with at most a high-school education working in sectors likely affected by enforcement, like construction, a working paper published in the National Bureau of Economic Research…Open