State troopers begin immigration training
Rosa Ramirez, Rocky Mountain News
Published April 24, 2007 at midnight
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Colorado State troopers started a five-week training program Tuesday to learn how to perform limited immigration enforcement.
Twenty-two troopers will be trained in immigration law, civil rights
issues, spotting fake documents and how to use immigration databases,
said Jeffrey Copp, special agent in charge of the U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement’s Office of Investigation in Denver.
"They’ll receive the same training our agents get," he said.
Copp said more than 40 other agencies have requested training from ICE.
State and local law enforcement in California, North Carolina, Arizona,
Alabama and Florida are among them.
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