1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 287(g) Program Protection Act . 2. Clarification of congressional intent Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1357(g) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking the Attorney General may enter and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: the Secretary of Homeland Security shall enter into a written agreement with a State, or any political subdivision of a State, upon request of the State or political subdivision, pursuant to which law enforcement officers of the State or subdivision, who are determined by the Secretary to be qualified to perform a function of an immigration officer in relation to the investigation, apprehension, or detention of aliens in the United States (including the transportation of such aliens across State lines to detention centers), may carry out such function at the expense of the State or political subdivision. No request from a bona fide State or political subdivision or bona fide law enforcement agency shall be denied absent a compelling reason, and the Secretary shall notify the Congress and publish in the Federal Register an explanation for those reasons at least 180 days in advance of making final the denial. No limit on the number of agreements under this subsection may be imposed. The Secretary shall process requests for such agreements with all due haste, and in no case shall more than 90 days elapse from the date the request is made until the agreement is consummated. For purposes of this subsection, any reference to a political subdivision shall be construed to include any law enforcement or corrections agency of the political subdivision. ; (2) by striking Attorney General each place such term appears and inserting Secretary ; (3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (10) as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively