"Across the United States, local law enforcement agencies have partnered with the Trump administration in its campaign of mass detentions and deportations at a record pace. These partnerships, also known as 287(g) agreements, grant local law enforcement institutions such as police departments and county jails the power to both hold and transport people to and from ICE-approved detention facilities while they, in turn, benefit financially from it."
"However, the official figure does not include all the agreements the immigration agency has reached with local entities. By comparing the list of detention centers on the immigration agency's website with an index of county jails and sheriff's offices that have 287(g) agreements, EL PAIS found that, nationwide, there are more than 500 local facilities that are not recognized as formal detention centers on the ICE website, even though they operate as such."
Local law enforcement agencies have entered 287(g) partnerships with ICE that authorize police departments and county jails to hold and transport people to ICE-approved detention facilities, creating financial benefits for those agencies. Since June, the number of 287(g) agreements rose from 649 to over 1,000 across 40 states. Many detention locations used by ICE are not listed on the agency's official roster; independent comparison found more than 500 local facilities operating as detention centers without formal recognition. ICE does not release a complete list of detention facilities, and some detainees come from other states or lack criminal records.
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