Six more Wisconsin sheriffs have signed cooperative agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2025, expanding the number of sheriff’s departments with active 287(g) agreements in the state to 13 out of 72. This sharp increase marks the largest single-year growth of such partnerships in Wisconsin’s history, reflecting a renewed push for local-federal immigration enforcement under the Trump administration.
The Hopewell Sheriff's Office has entered into a partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that allows deputies to act as federal immigration agents, making it the only jurisdiction in Central Virginia to sign such an agreement.
Special agents from ICE Homeland Security Investigations working in partnership with officers from the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department arrested an illegal 35-year-old Mexican alien who was previously charged with sex crimes against a Virginia child. Agents and officers arrested David Perez-Teofani, 35, near the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Aug. 20.
After a five-hour discussion on whether to formally partner with U.S. immigration officials in identifying immigrants in Utah County illegally, Utah County commissioners approved the new relationship.
As more Utah law enforcement agencies enter into cooperative agreements with federal immigration authorities, the head of the Utah Sheriffs Association says the aim isn't to fill the state's jails with immigrants who are in the country illegally.
The cooperative agreement between the Weber County Sheriff's Office and federal immigration officials has led to results — the arrests of two suspects sought by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and two others who had previously been deported.
Keller became the largest city in Texas to join the federal 287-G program, specifically opting into the warrant services model. This means the city will screen individuals booked into the Keller Jail for immigration status and, if appropriate, serve ICE warrants.
The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office is one the many Tennessee law enforcement agencies joining the 287g program.
Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden announced Monday that three guard members in Sioux Falls and three in Rapid City have begun to document and process ICE arrest information, which Rhoden said will let immigration agents stay in the field in search of migrants eligible for deportation.
ICE arrested Robert Reid Mendez Jimenez, a Dominican national, who is charged with child predatory offense Aug. 13. The New York City Police Department released the dangerous illegal alien after local officials refused to honor an ICE immigration detainer.
