Tell Congress: End the Cash-for-Deportation Scheme

Trump is turning local police into his deportation force — and offering billions in taxpayer dollars to make it happen.

Under Trump, ICE has dramatically expanded partnerships under a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 287(g), allowing them to deputize more than 13,000 local officers. The administration has promised up to $2 billion to police departments that agree to carry out federal immigration enforcement. 

Instead of focusing on solving crimes and protecting neighborhoods, departments are being incentivized to put Trump’s culture war ahead of the people they’re sworn to serve. Officers with limited immigration law training are empowered to question and detain people for federal violations. It’s political policing, and Congress must stop it.

Tell Congress: “End the cash-for-deportation scheme. Terminate the 287(g) program and stop Trump from paying local police to act as ICE.”

When police act like ICE, trust collapses. Survivors stop calling 911. Witnesses stay silent. Families live in fear of routine traffic stops. Civil rights groups warn the program fuels racial profiling and costly lawsuits — leaving communities less safe and taxpayers on the hook.

Local law enforcement should protect communities — not advance Trump’s divisive political agenda.

Congress can stop this. Lawmakers can cut funding for 287(g), launch oversight hearings into abuses, and ban these agreements outright. But they won’t act unless we force the issue.

Add your name now and tell Congress to end the cash-for-deportation scheme with local police.

The petition to Congress reads: “End the cash-for-deportation scheme. Terminate the 287(g) program and stop Trump from paying local police to act as ICE.”