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Weber County to consider an ICE task‑force memorandum allowing trained deputies to place immigration holds
Summary
Weber County sheriff’s staff briefed commissioners on a proposed memorandum with ICE to deputize a small number of county deputies to carry out limited immigration holds, with federal training and an indemnity provision, and recommended placing a signature item on the consent agenda.
Weber County sheriff’s office staff briefed commissioners on a proposed agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that would allow a small number of county deputies to carry out limited immigration enforcement tasks as collateral assignments.
What the agreement would do: Under the model discussed, ICE would nominate and vet deputies, provide training (an online course of roughly 40 hours with an extended completion window was described) and deputize those officers for certain immigration enforcement activities. The county described that these trained deputies would not be dedicated full‑time to ICE work; instead, they would be able to place an immigration hold or act in coordination with ICE when…
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