What's worse than Joe Arpaio, the barbaric sheriff of Maricopa County? Recruiting more people just like him.

And that's exactly what the Department of Homeland Security intends to do.

DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano announced recently that the department is expanding what's called the "287(g) program." Basically, the 287(g) program enlists local law enforcement agencies to hunt down illegal immigrants and gives them a great deal of freedom in their choice of methods. It's the same program that allows Sheriff Arpaio to act as an immigration official, and it's the legal justification he claims every time he commits racial profiling, home raids, public shaming, and all of the abusive methods he and his deputies continue to undertake.

Tell Secretary Napolitano that we don't need more local law enforcement taking immigration into their own hands. Program 287(g) should be abolished, not expanded.

Program 287(g) doesn't tell local law enforcement officials to racially abuse and harass members of our community, but we've seen that those methods are exactly where it leads. In fact, many law enforcement entities have declined to participate and don't support the program, saying they're not equipped to handle the immigration duties. And when that task overwhelms them, the officers make choices that violate our rights -- and our humanity -- if we happen to look like we might "not be from around here."

Click here to tell Secretary Napolitano to stop the expansion of the 287(g) program, and then to abolish the program altogether.

The impact that 287(g) program has is life-or-death serious for many communities. When we know that the color of our skin makes us criminally suspect in the eyes of local law enforcement, then where do we go if we are in danger? How can we call the police to stop domestic abuse, if we know that the police may be just as abusive? When racial profiling is part of law enforcement, then minorities have no one to protect them.

Program 287(g) must end soon -- and we can't sit by while the Department of Homeland Security expands it. Tell Secretary Napolitano that expanding 287(g) is the wrong choice, and 287(g) will never be a part of successful immigration enforcement.

Thank you!

Source: ACORN