Migration to Liberation Documentary

Directed by the one and only Chris Bermejo.

287 (g) suffers from poor oversight and a lack of transparency.
There was no adequate effort to educate elected officials and the Tarrant County community about the program prior to signing the agreement on June 19th, 2017. Even in 2019
when Tarrant County Sheriff Waybourn was questioned regarding the program, the sheriff had a hard time
describing how the system is organized within the jail.

287 (g) targets undocumented persons, eroding trust in the police and making it less safe for everyone.
ICE’s goal for 287(g) is to remove undocumented persons
“who are involved in violent and serious crimes.” Aggressive immigration enforcement programs like 287(g) create fear and mistrust among the undocumented communities toward the police. Sheriff Waybourn claims that 287(g) is making Tarrant County safer, and bases all of his support on this claim, however when he was questioned by county commissioners as to how, the Sheriff stated he did not have data nor factual evidence to support these claims.

287(g) leads to racial profiling, roadblocks due to process, and abuse of power.
The program increases the risk of racial profiling by granting local law enforcement the ability to target undocumented people. When immigrants are transferred to ICE detention, they are, in effect, denied their right to equal protection and a day in court to defend or appeal their criminal case, violating their right to due process of law.

287(g) is an expensive diversion of county tax dollars from local priorities.
287(g) spends the county’s resources in a strategy that has not been independently proven to decrease crime. The federal government never fully reimburses state and local governments for their detention expenses. Sheriff Waybourn claims that 287(g) has spent the equivalence of $1,800 during its first year of operation, but as county commissioners have stated, other 287(g) programs for counties of similar sizes have spent up to $1 million in county money. When questioned as to how TCSO is keeping its expenses so low, he could not provide evidence.