US EditionIdaho county joins ICE agreement to enforce immigration law
- In February 2025, the Owyhee County Sheriff’s Office in Idaho entered into a 287 agreement with ICE to assist in immigration enforcement, with the agreement becoming effective on February 19.
- The agreement follows Idaho Governor Brad Little's executive order encouraging state and local agencies to consider 287 participation to support federal immigration enforcement.
- The 287 program trains local officers as ICE agents to question and detain immigrants, with ICE funding new technology while the sheriff's office covers other costs.
- Critics like immigration attorney Nikki Ramirez-Smith warn the program may reduce community trust and crime reporting, citing past abuses revealed in similar agreements elsewhere.
- The program's expansion aims to increase deportation capacity nationwide, with ICE signing 588 agreements across 40 states by May 2025 amid ongoing concerns about racial profiling.
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The revival of an old program delegates Trump immigration enforcement to local police
The agency responsible for immigration enforcement has aggressively revived and expanded a decades-old program that delegates immigration enforcement powers to state and local law enforcement agencies.
GOP lawmakers want to make it illegal to restrict compliance with immigration enforcement
An ICE officer coordinates with other officials during an enforcement operation in San Antonio, Texas on Feb. 5, 2025. (Photo via U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)Republican legislators are attempting to prevent local and state government and law enforcement agencies from adopting policies that would restrict them from assisting in the enforcement of federal immigration law. When Rep. Michael Soboleski of Phillips presented LD 1656, whic…
As part of the U.S. government's drive to carry out mass deportations, the immigration law enforcement agency has revived and aggressively expanded a decades-old program that delegates immigration law enforcement powers to local and state police departments. Under the 287(g) program, led by the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE), police officers can interrogate immigrants in their custody and detain them for possible deportation.
As part of the U.S. government's drive to carry out mass deportations, the immigration law enforcement agency has revived and aggressively expanded a decades-old program that delegates immigration law enforcement powers to local and state police departments.
Despite the setback received in the state court on Friday, Randy Masro, the city’s first deputy mayor, maintained his confidence in the city’s stance regarding the return of immigration authorities to Rikers Island. “In the end, we will prevail,” he said. Previously, a judge issued a temporary restraining order against the city’s plan to allow the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) to reopen its office in the prison complex. Mastro sa…
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