The quintessential force multiplier: the inherent authority of local police to make immigration arrests. From: Albany Law Review | Date: December 22, 2005| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2005 Albany Law School. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 underscored for all Americans the link between immigration law enforcement and terrorism. Nineteen alien terrorists had been able to enter the country legally and undetected, overstay their visas or violate their immigration statuses with impunity, and move freely within the country without significant interference from federal or local law enforcement. (1) The abuse of U.S. immigration laws was instrumental in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people. Moreover, any suicide attack by an alien terrorist in the future will ...

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