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Board approves sheriff's 287(g) jail-enhancement agreement after outside counsel finds county attorney lacked authority
Summary
The Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted Jan. 21 to approve a jail-enhancement 287(g) memorandum of agreement with DHS/ICE for the sheriff's office, after outside counsel told the board the county attorney's office lacked authority to enter that kind of agreement and the board voted to release a Snell & Wilmer legal opinion.
The Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted Jan. 21 to approve an intergovernmental jail-enhancement memorandum of agreement under 8 U.S.C. 287(g) for the Pinal County Sheriff's Office to collaborate with the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on processing removable aliens booked into the county jail.
At the same meeting the board voted to waive attorney-client privilege and release a legal opinion from Snell & Wilmer after receiving an oral analysis from outside counsel. "Based on our review, the Pinal County Attorney's Office is not authorized to enter into 287(g) agreements," counsel Mr. Johnson told the board, explaining that only the board may enter intergovernmental agreements and that the…
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