A proposed bill in Mississippi proposes certifying bounty hunters to support the Trump administration’s illegal immigration crackdown on a local level.

The proposed “Mississippi Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program Fund” shows how hard-line immigration policies at the federal level have influenced policy proposals in states and localities.

A Mississippi district attorney proposed new legislation Wednesday to pay bounty hunters a reward for helping to deport immigrants in the country illegally. DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew

Two days after President Donald Trump took office and began his immigration crackdown and mass deportations, lawmakers in Mississippi and Missouri have proposed bills to create a “bounty hunter program,

A confrontational legislative hearing Monday — with a witness calling a state senator a fascist and lawmakers battling over whether the state should put a bounty on undocumented immigrants — set the tone for this year’s debate on immigration and the state’s role in border security.

Under the bill, the Missouri Department of Public Safety would create a system for anyone to contact authorities and accuse someone of being here without legal documentation. But accusers can remain anonymous,