Texas wants Sheriffs to work with ICE on deportations

 Texas Tribune:

A Texas Senate panel on Monday heard a mix of staunch opposition and measured support for a bill that would require sheriffs to collaborate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Sheriffs of Texas counties with more than 100,000 residents would be mandated to request and enter partnerships with ICE — known as 287(g) agreements — under Senate Bill 8, filed by state Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown.

SB 8 — designated a top priority by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — would offer some funds for sheriffs of counties with fewer than 1 million residents to partner with ICE for performing limited immigration enforcement but not for the largest Texas counties. Gov. Greg Abbott has also endorsed the idea.

ICE has three models for 287(g) agreements. Two are for local jails, where officers can be deputized to question inmates about their immigration status or serve administrative warrants. In the field, officers can be permitted to question people about their immigration status through a program the Trump administration has revived after it fell into disuse following allegations it led to racial profiling.

Forty-three Texas law enforcement agencies had 287(g) agreements in place as of early March, all but three of which are for the jail programs, according to ICE.

On Monday, the calculated endorsements of SB 8 came from sheriffs concerned about the strain it could place on their budgets and resources, immigration hardliners who said the bill did not go far enough and at least one representative from a left-leaning advocacy group who said that with modifications it could be legislation the group “could” let go of their opposition.

Among those who testified before the Senate State Affairs committee was Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne, who also serves as the legislative chair of the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas.

Hawthorne said the group supported the bill, but not every member supported making ICE agreements mandatory because many sheriffs already operate under tight budgets and adding more responsibilities costs money.
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Congress needs to fund the operations that place illegals in county jails.  The programs should be of mutual benefit to the agencies and the local sheriffs. Illegal immigration is a problem for state and local law enforcement as well as ICE.  The Biden administration's open borders policy impacted both.  Things should be better now that Trump is reasserting control of the border.

See also:

Trump Admin Deploys 10,000 Soldiers To Secure The U.S. Southern Border

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