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Public commenter asks commissioners about sheriff’s 287(g) ICE agreement; calls for more county oversight and transparency
Summary
At an Allegany County work session, resident David Liberatore asked whether the sheriff’s office had entered a 287(g) agreement with ICE and urged county oversight; Attorney Beeman said the sheriff acted autonomously and the board had not signed such an agreement. A second commenter accused the commission of past transparency failures.
David Liberatore, a longtime LaValle resident, asked Allegany County commissioners during the public-comment portion of a work session whether the county had entered into a 287(g) agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), citing ICE’s online map and raising concern about which model of cooperation the sheriff’s office had adopted.
“Are you aware that our county has a 287(g) agreement with ICE?” Liberatore asked, saying the map appeared to indicate the county had signed up for the task-force and…
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