Law Committee advances resolution limiting county cooperation with certain ICE and Border Patrol operations

The sponsor introduced Resolution 55, describing proposed limits on local cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol operations. In opening remarks the sponsor said, "The Trump administration has mandated that ICE and border patrol arrest at least 3,000 immigrants a day," and described training and budgetary changes the sponsor characterized as evidence the agencies are "poorly trained, abysmally led," and engaged in misconduct. The sponsor said the resolution would prevent the sheriff's office from entering into agreements under section 287(g) of the INA that require local deputies to act as federal immigration enforcers and would bar county property from serving as staging areas or detention sites.