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Kane County backs limited ICE agreement to let jail staff serve warrants for people already booked
Summary
After a presentation and questions from the public and county attorneys, the Kane County Commission unanimously voted to support a memorandum of agreement with ICE limited to a warrant‑service officer (WSO) model that lets trained booking staff serve ICE detention paperwork for people already booked into county custody.
KANE COUNTY — The Kane County Commission on Aug. 5 unanimously agreed to support a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that adopts a limited warrant‑service officer (WSO) model for handling immigration detention paperwork.
Sheriff Glover, who presented the item, said the county considered three 287(g) cooperation models — a jail enforcement model, a task force model and the WSO model — and chose the WSO approach because it is the least resource‑intensive and narrowly focused. "The jail enforcement model's off the table for me," the sheriff said, adding that he was "not interested in doing ICE's job proper" and that the county instead wants to limit participation to processing paperwork for…
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