SWEETWATER COUNTY -- ACLU of Wyoming's communications director, Janna Farley, of South Dakota, falsely accused in a media release yesterday, Wednesday, June 8, Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office of ranking in the top 54 of law enforcement agencies nationwide that are among "the most egregious in their violations of civil rights" of undocumented immigrants housed at the Sweetwater County Detention Center.
The report, touted by the ACLU as "the first in-depth and comprehensive review of the character andconduct of local partners in their violations of people's civil rights and liberties," claims to review all 142 state and local law enforcement agencies that participate in the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) 287(g) program.
The 287(g) program, which draws its name from the section of the Immigration and Nationality Act that authorizes it, became federal law in 1996 and was designed to enhance the safety and security of communities by creating partnerships between ICE and state and local law enforcement across the country to assist with national border protection and illegal immigration enforcement.
As to Farley's claim, sheriff's office spokesperson, Jason Mower, said, "Ms. Farley's claim in her press release yesterday is patently false. It's defamatory, and it's a gross misrepresentation of the actual findings in the report."
Mower continued, "Had she bothered to actually read the report for herself, she would see only that we are listed as a participant...
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