Overview
- Newly sworn-in Sheriff Danny Ceisler terminated the sheriff’s 287(g) partnership with ICE effective immediately.
- He also issued an order prohibiting deputies from asking crime victims, witnesses, or court observers about immigration status.
- County cooperation continues in limited form, with the Department of Corrections sharing information, ICE retaining jail access, and judicial warrants being honored.
- Ceisler framed the shift as a public-safety measure to encourage crime reporting among more than 50,000 immigrant residents.
- The prior task force model launched by former Sheriff Fred Harran authorized 16 deputies for immigration enforcement and drew protests, a commissioners’ disavowal, an ACLU lawsuit, and an October ruling upholding Harran’s authority before voters replaced him in November.