New 287(g) Agreements Between ICE and Local Law Enforcement-Headed to Official Racial Profiling?

On October 16, 2009, ICE issued a press release announcing it had entered into agreements with 67 local law enforcement agencies to "improve public safety" by targeting criminal aliens who may be a threat to local communities, and to enforce immigration laws. As if local law enforcement of immigration laws hasn't taught us a stark lesson already--just check numerous news accounts across the country of local law enforcement applying racial profiling to stop and inspect persons believed by the officers of being in the US "illegally." (take Arizona and Cobb County, GA as a couple of the most egregious examples). Is Department of Homeland Security turning a blind eye on civil rights violations for the sake of a blanket policy that targets, and let's be real here, brown, Latino, and specifically, Mexican and Central American immigrants? Or has the Department narrowed its processes and set safeguards to further its enforcement policies to rein in criminals? Here's the link to ICE's website with the announcement: http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/0910/091016washingtondc.htm.