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Salt Lake police chief assures illegal immigrants his officers aren’t trying to deport them

Salt Lake City’s police chief added his signature to a letter asserting that local police want to protect, not deport, illegal immigrants simply for being in the United States..

The letter from the Law Enforcement Immigration Task Force assures immigrants that “immigration enforcement is, first and foremost, a federal responsibility” and that local officers will “cooperate with federal law enforcement” only when there are “threats in our communities” and “our safety is at stake.”

The letter is signed by 56 law-enforcement officials, including current and former police chiefs and sheriffs, from 23 states. Brown’s predecessor, retired Salt Lake Police Chief Chris Burbank, also signed the letter.