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Hood County commissioners hear heated public debate over joining ICE 287(g) program
Summary
The Hood County Commissioner's Court heard a lengthy discussion April 8 about whether the sheriff27s office should adopt one or more ICE 287(g) models. Supporters urged formal participation for public-safety reasons; opponents raised due-process and community-safety concerns. Sheriff said Hood has filed paperwork for the warrant service model and emphasized the county27s involvement would focus on jail processing, not street raids.
Hood County Commissioner's Court heard more than an hour of public comment and questions April 8 as commissioners considered whether the Hood County Sheriff27s Office should participate in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement27s 287(g) program.
The discussion centered on three models available under the 287(g) framework: jail enforcement, a warrant service officer role, and a task force. Sheriff (identified in the transcript only as the sheriff) told the court he has submitted paperwork to participate in the warrant service officer model and described current local practice: "We get somebody that's born in another country that's arrested for breaking the law of the great state of Texas, then we call ICE up in the Dallas phone number up there," he said, adding that most county contacts with ICE have involved jail processing and detainers rather than proactive street enforcement.
Supporters at the meeting, including members of the local Texas Deportation Alliance and some speakers aligned with the Republican Party of…
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