<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1QXnDJ_1GvIHoWO00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1QXnDJ_1GvIHoWO00" width="1200" height="600" >BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - At least 10 law enforcement agencies in the area recently signed up for a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement program called 287(g), which targets undocumented residents, the WAFB I-TEAM found.One police chief said the sign-ups come with $3,500 for each officer’s name submitted to the federal government. The Louisiana ACLU is calling for an end to the program and says local police should not be doing federal immigration enforcement.The I-TEAM found Gonzales police, Grosse Tete police, Denham Springs police, the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office, the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff’s Office, Port Vincent police, Rosedale police and Springfield police departments signed up for one of the program’s three components over the past few months. Some agencies signed up as recently as two months ago.Sarah Whittington, advocacy director for the Louisiana ACLU, described the three components. She said one is a task force model that deputizes officers to act on ICE task forces and as agents. Another is a warrant service office model in which officers serve warrants. The third is a jail enforcement model.Gonzales police signed up for the task force model, which allows local officers to go on immigration roundups.Gonzales Police Chief Sherman Jackson said his department receives $3,500 for each officer who participates. He declined an on-camera interview but said he submitted the names of 22 officers to participate.“Here in Gonzales we respect the Hispanic community, and when they have issues they contact me directly,” Jackson said. “We can control the narrative when we participate with ICE versus when we don’t.”Federal agents carried out immigration raids in Gonzales one year ago as part of a larger roundup operation. Surveillance video obtained by WAFB showed the agents targeting individuals in Baton Rouge as well.The recent sign-ups come a day after President Donald Trump appeared on “60 Minutes.” Asked whether his deportation policy went too far, Trump said, “It was too tough, too tough.”Whittington said she was happy to hear the statement.“I would need to see some actions to back that up,” Whittington said.The White House said it will not slow efforts to arrest and deport people in the country illegally who break the law or terrorize communities.Whittington questioned the benefit of the program for local law enforcement.“What is the law enforcement benefit here?” Whittington said. “And that if we truly want to talk about public safety, I think we can leave to the federal government the federal government’s responsibilities for immigration enforcement. And we should keep for the state and local law enforcement agencies all of the necessary public safety actions that we would want them to be engaging in.”The I-TEAM found that, in addition to the new sign-ups, Louisiana State Police, the Attorney General’s Office, Alcohol and Tobacco Control, the State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries have been part of the program for a year. The agencies have statewide jurisdiction, allowing ICE to enforce anywhere in the state, even if a local police department is not on the participant list.Whittington said no city or town is required to enter a 287(g) agreement to support a federal immigration enforcement mission.“But when the state is doing it, yes, at this point, the entire state of Louisiana effectively is under a 287G agreement because of that state-level participation,” Whittington said. “Don’t need to be invited in.”To participate, law enforcement officers must have two years of experience and pass a background check.The I-TEAM contacted ICE for comment on this story but did not receive a response.Here are the agencies in our area and the date they signed up to participate.SIGNED DATE OF PARTICIPATION<ul><li>Gonzales Police 5/11/26</li><li>Grosse Tete Police 8/18/26</li><li>Denham Springs Police 8/14/26</li><li>Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office 4/9/26</li><li>Livingston Police 7/3/26</li><li>LA Attorney General 7/30/26</li><li>LA Alcohol Tobacco Control 5/20/25</li><li>LA Wildlife and Fisheries 5/20/25</li><li>LA Military Dept. 5/20/25</li><li>LA State Fire Marshal 5/20/25</li><li>LA State Police 5/20/25</li><li>Morgan City Police 7/9/26</li><li>Pointe Coupee Sheriff’s Office 4/27/26</li><li>Port Vincent Police 9/11/26</li><li>Rosedale Police 6/9/26</li><li>Springfield Police 8/7/26</li></ul>Watch the latest WAFB news and weather now.</div></body>

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - At least 10 law enforcement agencies in the area recently signed up for a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement program called 287(g), which targets undocumented residents, the WAFB I-TEAM found. One police chief said the sign-ups come with $3,500 for each officer’s name submitted to...

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - At least 10 law enforcement agencies in the area recently signed up for a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement program called

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