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Washington County sheriff outlines limits on local immigration enforcement, says he signed 287(g) warrant-service MOU
Summary
Sheriff described how local law enforcement interacts with federal immigration authorities, described daily reporting to ICE, participation in an HSI tasking and a 287(g) memorandum of understanding limited to warrant service, and said the jail currently holds seven people on ICE detainers.
The Washington County sheriff told the county board of supervisors that immigration enforcement is primarily a federal responsibility, described how the sheriff’s office shares fingerprint data with federal agencies, and said he signed a Memorandum of Understanding under the 287(g) program to allow jail staff to serve immigration administrative warrants during a 48-hour custody window.
The sheriff told the board that criminal immigration violations (for example, deported felons or failure to appear in immigration proceedings) are distinct from civil immigration-status violations, and that local deputies generally do not have authority to enforce civil-status violations. He said the sheriff’s office collects booking information — including fingerprints, country of birth and other biographical data — which the state…
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