In March 2017 the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union drafted a model ordinance that would reject local police cooperation with a federal program that essentially deputizes local police departments to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The ACLU invited Rhode Island communities, where an estimated 26,666 people live without legal

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