Support is growing nationwide to employ bounty hunters to track down illegal immigrants in an effort to aid federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, a Missouri state senator told Newsweek.

Proposed legislation in Missouri and Mississippi would reward bounty hunters $1,000 for each deportation, a concept that is gaining traction, state Sen. David Gregory told the outlet for a story published Tuesday.

“I’m finding a tremendous amount of support. It’s actually gaining support across the country,” Gregory told Newsweek.

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