Overview
- The Board of Supervisors met in a special session on Jan. 30 and approved hiring an outside law firm to begin civil proceedings to invalidate the agreement.
- Supervisors contend County Attorney Brad Miller lacked authority to sign the 287(g) pact authorizing street enforcement, which he inked in August and announced publicly in December.
- Miller maintains he acted within his authority as the county’s chief law enforcement officer and has refused to withdraw, and ICE’s Phoenix field office has indicated the pact remains in effect.
- The county continues a separate jail-based 287(g) arrangement through the Sheriff’s Office that checks arrestees against immigration records.
- Miller says the agreement involves targeted task-force patrols using ICE-provided names, and DHS has offered incentive payments and salary reimbursements to agencies participating in 287(g) task forces.