Overview

• Starting Oct. 1, participating agencies will have trained 287(g) officers’ salaries and benefits fully reimbursed, receive up to 25% overtime coverage, and qualify for quarterly bonuses of $500 to $1,000 per officer based on ICE metrics.
• DHS says 287(g) agreements have grown from 135 to about 958 across roughly 40 states, with around 8,500 task‑force officers active and another 2,000 in training.
• The reimbursement and bonus program draws on a recent Republican-led spending surge for immigration enforcement, with Reuters reporting $75 billion for ICE over a little more than four years.
• ICE leadership urged more agencies to join, saying partnerships will target violent offenders and other serious public‑safety threats.
• Civil-rights organizations and prior Justice Department findings warn that task‑force operations have encouraged racial profiling and eroded trust, and some jurisdictions remain unwilling to participate.