The authority said it had paid a local IT company to test the security of its internal systems in May 2012.

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To assist in providing such security, a strong local police force will be constituted by the self-governing authority.

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The administration has ended the so-called 287(g) agreements with Arizona, under which state and local law agencies entered into a partnership with the Department of Homeland Security and were delegated authority for immigration enforcement within their jurisdictions.

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