NH Republican lawmakers advance bill to allow local law enforcement to help ICE

Lies updates Eddy commission

With new body cameras in the field and a national immigration enforcement initiative in the works, Sheriff Paul Lies and the Eddy County Sheriff’s Office had a lot to report to the Eddy County Commission on Tuesday. First, Lies brought a letter he had written to the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which outlined his intent to par...

Why This Texas Sheriff Wants to Work With ICE

Texas sheriff Roy Boyd has the look of a legendary lawman—all whipcord and sinew, from the tip of his leather boots to the top of his sweat-stained cowboy hat. It’s easy to imagine him riding a horse into an orange sunset among the purple shadows of century plants and the Trans-Pecos scorpions of West Texas, where people still pray for rain. The get-’er-done Goliad County sheriff—a seventh-generation Texan with steely eyes, a square jaw, and an …

State GOP and law enforcement continue to pursue agreements with ICE

CHEYENNE — Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees may soon be legally held at the Laramie County jail, pending the approval of a supplemental Intergovernmental Agreement between the two agencies.

What Our Readers Say About NH Law Enforcement Working With ICE

By NANCY WEST, InDepthNH.org Late last month, Gov. Kelly Ayotte and Colonel Mark Hall announced that the New Hampshire State Police has joined hundreds of other law enforcement agencies across the country in entering into a Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a component of the Department of Homeland Security. “New Hampshire will not go the way of Massachusetts, where sanctuary policies have enabled …

Immigration Enforcement, EFA Expansion Pass House Over Dem Opposition

New Hampshire - Immigration Enforcement, EFA Expansion Pass House Over Dem Opposition - NH Journal

NH Republican lawmakers advance bill to allow local law enforcement to help ICE

Doubling down on a hotly debated issue, the New Hampshire House voted Thursday on a bill to enable local law enforcement to enter into their own agreements to assist in the federal crackdown on illegal immigration.