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Commissioner asks for full review of Alamance County's ICE contract after termination
Summary
A commissioner requested a comprehensive review or audit of the county's contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, seeking contract amounts, revenue received by the sheriff's office, purchases made with those funds and impacts to jail/annex capacity now that the contract has ended.
A commissioner used the board-comments period to request a detailed presentation and possible audit of Alamance County's contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), saying public information and social-media accounts had produced contradictory impressions.
The commissioner said they had asked repeatedly for a "thorough presentation" about the ICE contract's terms, revenues and termination. They asked for the annual contract amounts ("how much the contracts have been each year"), how much revenue the sheriff's office realized from the ICE program and how those funds were used, and for documentation covering the ICE program from its start through termination. The commissioner also requested information about how the contract termination affects use of the annex and jail capacity.
The speaker said some items discussed around the annex's future (planned upgrades) are now "null and void" after the ICE termination and asked for clarity on insurance premiums and other county expenditures linked to program operations. No formal motion to audit was recorded at the meeting; the commissioner asked administrators for the requested information and signaled they might pursue further steps based on the answers.
