The Obama administration confirmed last week that it had extended agreements allowing officials in four Georgia counties, including Hall, to continue participating in the federal 287(g) immigration program until June 30.Named after the federal law that authorizes it, 287(g) gives police the power to question people about their legal status, serve arrest warrants and detain and transport criminals for immigration violations.Gainesville attorney Arturo Corso expressed disappointment.“I’ve been a long time critic of 287(g),” he said. “Under the previous administration, at the Sheriff’s Office, it wasn’t being used efficiently, or as it was designed.”The program has been fraught with controversy.“287(g) was written and designed to remove serious violent criminal aliens from our community,” Corso said. “Instead, in the previous administration, it was used as a dragnet to get very low level traffic offenders deported.”Since fiscal year 2006, 16,287 people have been deported or allowed to voluntarily leave the country in connection with Georgia’s 287(g) programs, federal records show.