Thursday, May 05, 2011

House committee encourages greater cooperation on immigration enforcement

The federal government and all the state and local departments must work together, it won't work unless they are all together. - - Donna Poisl

By Kelsey Sheehy- The Daily Caller

Securing the border and catching undocumented immigrants are tasks that fall on federal shoulders, but a House committee said Tuesday it is a load the Department of Homeland Security can’t carry alone.

Instead, the federal government should share those responsibilities with state and local agencies, House Homeland Security Committee members said.

“No matter what uniform they wear, the American people expect law enforcement officers to work together,” said Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, the committee’s ranking member.
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