Texas Rolls Out $140K Grants to Sheriffs Who Deepen ICE Partnership Through 287(g)

The State of Texas is offering sheriffs as much as $140,000 to bolster cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), tying the new funding directly to participation in the federal 287(g) program. Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced the initiative Thursday, calling it a force multiplier for sheriffs working to identify and detain criminal migrants, as more than half of Texas counties qualify.

County Sheriffs in the Lone Star State will soon be able to receive up to $140,000 to augment their budgets if they ramp up assistance to ICE. To qualify, departments must have entered into one of three immigration law-enforcement agreements offered under the federal government’s 287(g) program.

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