3 Ohio sheriff’s departments ink agreements with ICE to aid in deportations
Since February, three county sheriff’s offices in Ohio have signed agreements with the federal government to help with immigration enforcement.
It’s part of a nationwide trend to expand local law enforcement’s role in federal immigration enforcement. The agreements give sheriff’s deputies in Seneca and Portage counties some power to enforce federal immigration law while performing routine duties and arrest people on administrative immigration warrants in their custody, according to the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In Butler County, some deputies will be able to participate in ICE-led task forces and identify “removable aliens” in the county jail on criminal charges.
Cleveland immigration attorney Margaret Wong said she expects law enforcement offices in larger cities to refrain from taking on 287(g) programs as they are too overworked and underfunded. The full article at: https://www.statenews.org/section/the-ohio-newsroom/2025-05-20/3-ohio-sheriffs-departments-ink-agreements-with-ice-to-aid-in-deportations
