Overview

• Keller City Council is slated to consider formally partnering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement at its early August meeting.
• Joining the 287(g) program would authorize local officers to perform immigration status checks on individuals booked into Keller Jail under ICE oversight.
• Senate Bill 8 now requires and funds sheriff-ICE partnerships across Texas while Senate Bill 36 establishes a homeland security division within the Department of Public Safety.
• Keller has conducted informal immigration screenings in its jail for two years, identifying 31 unauthorized immigrants during routine background checks.
• Mayor Armin Mizani says the partnership will secure federal training and funding for implementation, stressing that screenings will target only criminal detainees.