Enforcement agreements between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and local and state law enforcement agencies have massively increased during the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term in office. An analysis by the criminal justice reform advocacy group FWD.us, found that there has been more than a 900% increase, from 135 in January 2025 to now in which there are 1,372 agreements between local law enforcement agencies and ICE.
The analysis was released Monday, according to The Hill.
The agreements are legal as part of the 1996 Immigration and Nationality Act. But the Obama administration ended the agreements in 2012, citing racial profiling and other similar issues.
From January 2025 through early September, the number of these so-called 287(g) agreements increased from 135 to 958. ICE announced at that time that it would fully reimburse participating local and state agencies for the annual salary and benefits of each eligible trained officer under that model.
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