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oS? <br />About IACP IACP Info <br />Membership IACP Net <br /> <br />International Policy Center <br />Police Chief Magazine <br />Conferences Press Clippings <br /> Press Releases <br />Leadership Publications <br /> <br />Calendar Research Center Documents <br /> Training Keys <br />Training <br />Links Police Chiefs Announce Immigration Enforcement Policy <br />Jobs For Immediate Release <br />Research Center Contact: Wendy Balazik <br /> Wednesday, December 01, 2004 <br />Foundation (703) 836-6767, ext. 264 <br />Center for <br />Prylice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br />Leadership December 1, 2004 <br />Resolutions CONTACT: <br />Publications Wendy Balazik, 703-836-6767x264 <br />Awards/ POLICE CHIEFS ANNOUNCE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT POLICY <br />Campaigns <br />Legislative IACP Opposes CLEAR Act; Urges Congress to Let State and Local Agencies Determine Their <br />Activities Participation in Enforcing Federal Immigration Laws <br />Professional Alexandria, VA: Speaking out for the first time on the question of immigration enforcement, the <br />Assistance International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) today announced its opposition to the Clear Law <br />Divisions/ Enforcement For Criminal Alien Removal (CLEAR) Act and urged Congress to proceed with caution <br />f <br /> <br />fi <br />r orce <br />when considering measures that would compel local and state law enforcement agencies to en <br />nforcin <br />t <br />t th <br />f th <br />i <br />?ots <br />eG g <br />a <br />e <br />mpac <br />e <br />federal immigration laws. The IACP took this action after a careful review o <br />Committees immigration law could have on state, tribal and local law enforcement and the communities they serve. <br />"The IACP opposes any plan that would coerce local and state law enforcement agencies to enforce <br />federal immigration laws without their approval," said IACP President Joseph Estey, Chief of the <br />Hartford, Vermont Police Department. "Many leaders in the law enforcement community have serious <br />concerns about the chilling effect any measure of this nature would have on legal and illegal aliens <br />reporting criminal activity or assisting police in criminal investigations. This lack of cooperation could <br />diminish the ability of law enforcement agencies to police effectively their communities and protect the <br />public they serve." <br />As part of this announcement the IACP also released a policy document entitled, Enforcing Immigration <br />Law: The Role of State, Tribal and Local Law Enforcement, in which its concerns about state and local <br />law enforcement agencies enforcing federal immigration law are highlighted. Foremost among the <br />document's conclusion is the determination that because the question of state, tribal or local law <br />enforcement's participation in immigration enforcement is an inherently local decision, any legislative <br />proposal to enlist the assistance of non-federal agencies in immigration enforcement must be based on <br />voluntary cooperation of state/local law enforcement agencies. <br />The CLEAR Act, in contrast, would penalize states by withholding federal assistance funds if they fail to <br />IACP Home Publications