A Georgia law enacted in April authorizes the state to enter into an agreement with federal officials to train and certify state law enforcement officials to enforce immigration.

The RGPF enforces criminal, immigration, and maritime laws.

Maintaining control of the person during this process was seen as essential to successfully enforcing immigration removals for adults.

May 24, 2010 Arizona lawmakers are under fire for daring to attempt what the Obama administration has failed to do: enforce immigration laws.

The study concluded that there was confusion among both F.B.I. agents and the local police about their roles in enforcing immigration, and that their resources had been stretched thin by counterterrorism initiatives.

Authorities are responsible for enforcing federal immigration and customs laws to those found not to be in the country legally.

The group insists that Congress develop plans that "in chronological order": 1) secure the border, 2) enforce immigration laws and 3) reimburse local communities "for the cost of hosting so many undocumented people."

"I don't think it's in anybody's interest, including the Forest Service, to enforce immigration - they're benefiting from it," said Blanca Escobeda, owner of 3B's Forestry in Medford, Ore., which fields two 20-person fire crews.

Tampa operates primarily in the littoral waters of the United States and throughout the Caribbean to ensure homeland security and enforce immigration, fisheries, customs, and environmental laws, along with the more visible drug interdiction laws.

"I don't think it's in anybody's interest, including the Forest Service, to enforce immigration - they're benefiting from it."